Cause Of Essential Hypertension
Health Encyclopedia: Essential Hypertension
Essential hypertension refers to high blood pressure with no identifiable cause.
Alternative Names
Hypertension - essential
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
As blood is pumped through your body, it exerts pressure on the walls of your arteries. The systolic blood pressure is the pressure against these walls when the heart contracts, and the diastolic blood pressure is the pressure when the heart relaxes. When you get a blood pressure rea...
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Expert & Community Posts
The Causes of High Blood Pressure
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Health Guide
High Blood Pressure: Introduction
...blood pressure.Hypertension CategoriesSome experts categorize hypertension into the following types:Essential Hypertension. Essential hypertension is also known as primary or idiopathic... Read more »High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Patient Guide
...least a combination of antihypertensive medications. Primary and secondary hypertension Primary or essential hypertension has no known cause, however genetic and lifestyle factors such as body... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Causes
...factors.Genetic Factors. A number of genetic factors or interactions between genes play a major role in essential hypertension. Experts think that the chromosomes (13 and 18) house the genes... Read more »High blood pressure
...Americans than Caucasians. Common Causes Most of the time, no cause is identified. This is called essential hypertension. High blood pressure that results from a specific condition,... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Risk Factors
...spouses may be due to people often choosing mates who are similar to them.Family History and Genetics. Essential hypertension may be inherited in 30 - 60% of cases. According to one study, being a... Read more »Images
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