Hypertension/High Blood Pressure

Hypertension/High Blood Pressure is a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is chronically elevated. With every heart beat, the heart pumps blood through the arteries to the rest of the body. Blood pressure is the force of blood that is pushing up against the walls of the blood vessels. If the pressure is too high, the heart has to work harder to pump, and this could lead to heart attack, stroke, heart failure, aneurysm, or renal failure.

Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic kidney failure.Moderate elevation of arterial blood pressure leads to shortened life expectancy. Dietary and lifestyle changes can improve blood pressure control and decrease the risk of associated health complications, although drug treatment may prove necessary in patients for whom lifestyle changes prove ineffective or insufficient.

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Courtesy: http://kreativevistas.com/ Doctors show this patient education film while explaining what high blood pressure (otherwise known as the silent killer) does to a body. A KreativeVistas Production for Kaiser Permanente.