1. INTRODUCTION: • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ALSO KNOWN AS HYPERTENSION. • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS A CONDITION IN WHICH THE FORCE OF THE BLOOD IS VERY HIGH AGAINST BLOOD VESSEL. • USUALLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DEFINES AS BLOOD PRESSURE IS ABOVE 140/90 MM HG. IF MORE HIGH THAN IT IS CONSIDERED AS SEVERE. • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR HYPERTENSION IS SERIOUS CONDITION THAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE RISK OF HEART, BRAIN, KIDNEY DISEASE ETC. • PEOPLE ABOVE AGE OF 40 YEAR ARE MORE PRONS TO HYPERTENSION. • NOW IN PRESENT TIME, FOOD HABITS AND SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE CAUSE HYPERTENSION IN PEOPLE. 2. NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE: • NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE DENOTED IS 120/80 MM HG. • NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE CAN BE VARIABLE DEPENDS ON AGE SEX DIETS ETC. • BLOOD PRESSURE IS MEASURED BY A INSTRUMENT CALLED SPHYGMO- MANOMETER. • THIS INSTRUMENT IS PLACED ON BRACHIAL ARTERY AND PRESSURE IS MEASURED THROUGH A MERCURY COLUMN. • INCREMENTS IN BLOOD PRESSURE IS CONSIDERED AS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FR...
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