High Blood Pressure
Jan 23, 2021
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such as heart disease.
Blood pressure is determined both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. A blood pressure reading is given in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). It has two numbers.
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Hypertension, the medical term for high blood pressure, is known as "the silent killer." More than 80
million Americans (33%) have high blood pressure, and as many as 16 million of them do not even know
they have the condition. If left untreated, high blood pressure greatly increases your risk for heart attack
and stroke. Hypertension is projected to increase about 8 percent between 2013 and 2030.
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