high blood pressure: see hypertension hypertension or high blood pressure, elevated blood pressure resulting from an increase in the amount of blood pumped by the heart or from increased resistance to the flow of blood through the small arterial blood vessels (arterioles).
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Condition in which blood pressure is abnormally high. Over time, it damages the kidneys, brain, eyes, and heart. Hypertension accelerates atherosclerosis, increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure. More common in the elderly and blacks, it usually has no symptoms but can be detected by a routine blood-pressure test. Secondary hypertension, caused by another disorder (most often kidney disease or hormone imbalance), accounts for 10% of cases. The other 90% have no specific cause (essential hypertension). A low-salt diet, weight loss, smoking cessation, limited alcohol intake, and exercise can prevent or treat hypertension or reduce medication if drug therapy proves necessary. Malignant hypertension, a severe, rapidly progressing form, requires emergency treatment with drugs to dilate the blood vessels.

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Research is unlocking a complex relationship between stress, high blood pressure and the cardiovascular system.

Stress Can Make High Blood Pressure by amit / Health, general community

It is evident that a person with diabetes is twice likely to develop high blood pressure than a person without diabetes.

Some Adjustment in Lifestyle Is Essential for Patients with High ... by rahim siddiqi / Business community

What is high blood pressure and why should anyone worry about it Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood What is high blood pressure and why should anyone worry about it?

How Is Your Blood Pressure? by Steven A Johnson / Health care industry community

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