High blood pressure is also known by the name of hypertension. Due to our lifestyles that we lead and the kind of food we eat hypertension is growing at an alarming rate. Let us first understand the meaning of blood pressure. In our body the blood circulates and exerts a pressure on the veins, heart chambers and the walls of arteries. If the force increases it results into high blood pressure. It also causes heart attack and the strokes as it starts the formation of plaque in the arteries. It is very necessary to control the high blood pressure otherwise it may leads to heart attack.
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