High Blood Pressure

Hypertension, more commonly known as high blood pressure, is a health condition as a result of the arteries being persistently evaluated with higher blood pressure. The human heart beat pumps blood through the human body arteries.
Blood pressure is the process of pushing blood through the blood vessel walls in the arteries. The hard the heart has to pump the more friction and blood pressure there is. Hypertension can lead to organ damage and other sever illnesses..
The normal level for blood pressure is below 120/80, where 120 represents the systolic measurement and 80 represents the diastolic measurement. Systolic is the maximum pressure while diastolic is minimum pressure in the arteries. A blood pressure of 140/90 or above is considered hypertension.
What causes hypertension?
Wide speculation of what exactly causes hypertension but it’s unknown the exact reason. There are several factors that are associated with hypertension:

• Smoking
• Obesity or being overweight
• Diabetes
• Lack of physical activity
• High sodium intake
• Insufficient calcium, potassium, and magnesium consumption
• Vitamin D deficiency
• High levels of alcohol consumption
• Stress
• Age
• Genetics
• Adrenal and thyroid problems or tumors

What are symptoms of hypertension?
In many individuals hypertension symptoms do not appear. However associated symptoms can include:

• Severe headaches
• Fatigue or confusion
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Problems with vision
• Chest pains
• Breathing problems
• Irregular heartbeat
• Blood in the urine