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If your blood pressure is too high, it puts extra strain on your blood vessels, heart and other organs, such as the brain, kidneys and eyes. Persistent high blood pressure can increase your risk of a number of serious and potentially life-threatening health conditions, such as:.
If you have high blood pressure, reducing it even a small amount can help lower your risk of these health conditions. The only way of knowing whether you have high blood pressure is to have a blood pressure test.
All adults over 40 are advised to have their blood pressure checked at least every 5 years. You can also check your blood pressure yourself with a home blood pressure monitor. Find out more about getting a blood pressure test. It may be necessary for you to take one or more medications to bring your pressure down. It indicates something has caused your blood pressure to rise above normal — stress or exercise, for example.
You can have one episode or an occasional episode of high blood pressure. The most common form of hypertension is called primary hypertension.
It is a disease in itself largely caused by advancing age and genetics. Despite its prevalence, primary hypertension is neither desirable nor inevitable. High blood pressure in our later years needs to be addressed.
Hypertension also can be caused by another disease, called secondary hypertension , such as narrowing of the aorta or the arteries leading to the kidneys, or by excess hormone production. At rest, a normal heart beats 60 to times a minute, depending on your age and level of fitness. This means your heart beats at least 86, times a day or 31,, times a year. And just like any other muscle that is exercised, the heart will grow bigger when it is forced to strain.
A bigger heart is not better. When the main pumping chamber left ventricle reaches a certain size, it can no longer contract with enough force to expel blood efficiently. This is called heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
High blood pressure can also cause the heart muscle to become stiff, preventing it from refilling properly between beats.
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