Blood pressure is measure of blood flow forcing against the walls of the arteries. Hypertension is a medical condition when the systolic blood pressure measures more than 140mmHg and diastolic measures more than 90mmHg.
The World Health Organisation considers hypertension as a serious epidemic. According to the last estimate by WHO, 40% of the adults aged 25 and above had been diagnosed with hypertension. In 1980, 600 million people around the world had Hypertension, by 2008, there were 1 billion people with hypertension.
Blood Pressure Levels: Normal Blood pressure level- Systolic less than 120 mmHg/Diastolic less than 80 mmHg
Pre-Hypertension-Systolic 120-139 mmHg/Diastolic 80-89 mmHg.
Hypertension-Systolic more than 140 mmHg/Diastolic
The World Health Organisation considers hypertension as a serious epidemic. According to the last estimate by WHO, 40% of the adults aged 25 and above had been diagnosed with hypertension. In 1980, 600 million people around the world had Hypertension, by 2008, there were 1 billion people with hypertension.
Blood Pressure Levels: Normal Blood pressure level- Systolic less than 120 mmHg/Diastolic less than 80 mmHg
Pre-Hypertension-Systolic 120-139 mmHg/Diastolic 80-89 mmHg.
Hypertension-Systolic more than 140 mmHg/Diastolic