ANTC62H3 Chapter : Hypertension is a condition where the blood pressure in the arteries is highly raised.doc
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Hypertension is a condition where the blood pressure in the arteries is highly raised. Blood pressure occurs when blood is shoved against the walls of blood vessels. When the pressure is too high, the heart has to work harder to pump. This could lead to illnesses such as heart attack, heart failure or stroke. Hypertension is also called the silent killer" because it kills silently without any symptoms. Damage is usually done quite a bit before people are aware of the illness. Organs work together in a healthy body so that any excessive increase in blood pressure can be compensated. For the organs to work together, the brain and central nervous system work together to make sure the blood pressure regulators are working together well. Medical care expenditures for hypertension, its complications, and its comorbidities. The definition of ro is the average number of successful interactions made by an infection during the infectious period.
