Often called high blood pressure or hypertension is a condition in which a person’s blood pressure is persistently higher than normal for the person’s age. Hypertension carries an increased risk of early death from from several disease such as: stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney failure if not properly controlled. Hence ,once this condition is diagnosed, the person should be monitored regularly and treated for the rest of his life.

Likely causes of Blood High Pressure
•In majority of patients, it is not possible to define a specific underlying cause. They are said to have essential hypertension.
•Risk factors associated with this type of hypertension include •Increasing age Men > 55 years, Women >65 years,
•Family history,
•Obesity or over weight,
•Alcohol abuse,
•Cigarette smoking,
•Total Cholesterol> 6.5mmol/1(250mg/d1)
•Diabetes
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•Previous history of myocardial infarction

•In about 10-15% of cases, hypertension may be due to specific disease or abnormality such as; renal disease, coarctation of aorta, endocrine disorders and hormone therapy.

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