Blood in the body carries oxygen and other major nutrients to all parts of the body. The blood passes through arteries due to the pumping action of the heart. This makes the blood pressure in the body.

The force exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels when it is passing through them is known as blood pressure. When there is high blood pressure the arteries lose their flexibility and become stiff.

The major symptoms of the high blood pressure are

Headaches

Vision problems

Black outs.

The major causes of the high blood pressure are

Changes in lifestyle

Being overweight

Lack of physical activity

Improper meals

The main cause of High blood pressure is Hypertension

The normal blood pressure range is 120/80mm of Hg. The blood pressure in the range 120/80 to 139/89 is known as pre hyper tension range. The blood pressure range above 140/90 is normally known as high blood pressure.

Here there are two figures to note the Blood pressure of a person. The first figure is known as systolic pressure and the second figure is known as diastolic pressure. The top figure denotes the pressure in the arteries as the blood is pumped when the heart contracts.

The lowest pressure in the blood vessels corresponds to diastolic pressure.

The major complications of high blood pressure are heart diseases, kidney diseases, rigidness in arteries and stroke.

To maintain the blood pressure in the normal range the following thing are to be done.

Stop smoking

Diet should be low in cholesterol content and salt content

Avoid alcohol consumption

Exercise should be done moderately on daily basis

Maintaining the weight

Most of the times the symptoms of the high blood pressure go unnoticed the only best way to know the high blood pressure are to get tested.

High blood pressure in ignored cases leads to life threatening complications. High blood pressure in a person for a longer tenure causes atherosclerosis where the arteries become hard and fats are deposited in the arteries.

Higher blood pressure people may have chest pain, difficulty in breathing, and symptoms which corresponds to heart diseases. Due to hyper tension the heart work more and the muscles of heart enlarge and cause inefficient pumping of blood.