Hypertension

A community portal about Hypertension with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Hypertension, commonly referred to as "high blood pressure", is a medical condition where the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While... [more]

A community portal about Hypertension with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Hypertension, commonly referred to as "high blood pressure", is a medical condition where the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial hypertension, the word "hypertension" without a qualifier usually refers to arterial hypertension. Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic renal failure.