Which is it?
Hypertension is the increase in blood pressure chronically. It’s a disease no symptoms for a long time and, if untreated, can trigger severe complications such as myocardial infarction, cerebral hemorrhage or thrombosis, which can be avoided if handled properly. The first consequences of hypertension are suffered arteries that harden as they bear high blood pressure continuously, thicken and may be impeded the passage of blood through it. This is known as atherosclerosis.
Causes
The mechanism of hypertension most common, called “essential hypertension”, “primary” or “idiopathic”. In essential hypertension have not yet described the specific causes, but has been linked with a number of factors that are usually present in most people who suffer. Should be separated from those related to heredity, sex, age and race and rarely modifiable, those that could be changed by varying habits, environment, and morals of individuals, such as obesity, sensitivity sodium, excessive alcohol consumption, oral contraceptive use and a very sedentary lifestyle.
