HYPERTENSION or HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE- A Major health issue
INTRODUCTION HYPERTENSION is one of the leading cause of severe health complications and increases the risk of various heart diseases. It sometimes become the major cause of death. Hypertension is the another name for High Blood Pressure . We all heard this term High blood pressure , as it is common among elderly people . But nowadays, almost half of the adult population have hypertension but they are not aware of this fact . WHAT IS HYPERTENSION ? HYPERTENSION or HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE is a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is chronically elevated . Hypertension is defined as an average systolic blood pressure above 140mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure is above 90mmHg. In order to understand high blood pressure, first of all we have to understand the term BLOOD PRESSURE. BLOOD PRESSURE is defined as the pressure or force exerted by the blood against the walls of blood vessels. Normal BLOOD PRESSURE is 120/80mm Hg. CAUSES O...