Emerging Infectious Diseases

Hypertension

Hypertension is high blood pressure or arterial hypertension is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently increased. Blood pressure is recognized  both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of the  blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the thinner your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. People with high blood pressure may have headaches, shortness of breath and  nosebleeds, but the signs and symptoms are not  specific and usually don't occur until high blood pressure has reached a severe, and sometimes life-threatening stage. High Blood pressure may have risk factors like age, race, family history, being overweight or obese, using tobacco, using more salt in the diet, stress, alcohol.