Risk of Hypertension

1. Angina Pectoris & Heart Attack
It is characterized by severe pain in the chest region because coronary arteries supplying blood to the chest region because coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart become narrow and don't expand during during physical activity (because of atherosclerosis leading to narrowing and hardening of arteries), while the heart. at the same time, requires more blood. If the process of atherosclerosis goes unabated, a coronary artery may become too narrow and may get totally blocked. This results in heart attack. The blood vessels of a healthy person are highly elastic and expand and contract accordingly as per the need of the blood requirement for an organ but in the case of High B.P. patient, they become narrow as well as hardened. It is to be noted that atherosclerosis not only causes High B.P. but it is other way round also i.e High B.P ( Caused due to any other reason ) will also aggravate process of atherosclerosis. The proof to this claim is the fact that pulmonary arteries where the B.P. is as low as 35 /15, never develop atherosclerosis.

2. Stroke ( Brain Haemorrhage )

Atherosclerosis also renders the blood vessels brittle brain artery ruptures due to High pressure in the artery, it is termed as ' Stoke ' (bleeding in the brain ). It may also lead to paralysis of some portion of the body.

3. Heart Failure
When B.P. is high, the heart has to work harder. To perform the increased work , the heart muscle thickens and increases in size. The enlargement of the heart is visible in X -rays. For a period of time, despite the increased work load, the heart does well. But there comes a time when it tires and is not able to meet the strain. The result is congestive heart failure. In this situation, the heart doesn 't stop beating but its contractions are weak. With each contraction less volume of the blood is supplied so less blood reaches the tissues of the body and the whole body starts suffering. For example reduced blood supply to legs may lead to early pain and fatigue in legs on walking.

4. Effect on Kidneys
If the B.P. rises, kidneys can't perform their work of blood filtration effectively. Consequently salts and toxins accumulate in the body. Each gm of salt accumulated in the body has a capacity to hold back 70 gm of water from being excreted. Such water retention aggravates heart failure. High B.P. also gradually destroys the cells nutrients through the urine.

5. Eyes are also one of the target organs under attack in H.B.P.

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