Department of General Medicine
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What is Hypertension?
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common condition that affects the arteries of the body. When you have high blood pressure, the force of the blood pushing against the walls of your arteries is constantly too high in this case the heart has to work harder to pump blood.
Categories can be clear by the given chart given below:-
| BLOOD PRESSURE CATEGORY | SYSTOLIC mm Hg (upper number) |
DIASTOLIC mm Hg (lower number) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| NORMAL | LESS THAN 120 | and | LESS THAN 80 |
| ELEVATED | 120 - 129 | and | LESS THAN 80 |
| HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION) STAGE 1 |
130 - 139 | or | 80 - 89 |
| HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION) STAGE 2 |
140 OR HIGHER | or | 90 OR HIGHER |
| HYPERTENSION CRISIS (consult your doctor immediately) |
HIGHER THAN 180 | and/or | HIGHER THAN 120 |
- Nosebleeds
- Headaches
- Shortness of breath
- Medications
- Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
- Tests which may include: -
✓ Ambulatory monitoring
✓ Lab tests
✓ Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
✓ Echocardiogram
- Reducing Cardiovascular risk
- Improves Healthy lifestyle
Yes, Tests for Hypertension is available in Bareilly at Gangasheel Hospital by the team of expert General Medicine in the city.