Introduction to hypertension
Hypertension is a very common problem in the world.
having more than 10 million cases per year in India alone. And over a billion people have hypertension in
the world..
it is defined as a consistently increased blood pressure with more than 140mm Hg systole / 90mm Hg
diastole
- blood pressure is a result of cardiac peripheral resistance so drug targets one of these
when systole is low but diastole is high or the vice versa it is called isolated systolic hypertension or
isolated dastolic hypertension depending on which one is higher
systole
diastole
normal
>120
<80
Prehypertension
120-139
80-89
Stage 1
139-149
90-99
Stage 2
>160
>100
