What Is High Blood Pressure
(Or Hypertension)
And Why Is It Dangerous?
Blood pressure is the force your blood exerts on your arteries as it flows
through your body. If you have high blood pressure it means that your blood
is exerting too much force on your arteries and is making your heart's
job--pumping blood--more difficult than it should be. Now, your heart is a
powerful and efficient muscle, but if it's forced to work too hard for too
long it can enlarge, wear out or fail, causing a heart attack, stroke,
aneurysm... and an early death.
If your blood pressure consistently reads in the Hypertension or
Pre-hypertension categories, then you need to take immediate and lasting
action if you want to live a long and healthy life. According to the
American Heart Association, about 65 Million Americans over the age of 20
have high blood pressure. That's about one in three adults. In 2003
more than 52,000 Americans died from complications related to high blood
pressure. Between 1993 and 2004 the rate of death from high blood
pressure rose nearly 30 percent.


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