UAE, May 17 -- Dr. C. R. Sathyanarayanan
Medical Director & Specialist
Internal Medicine
"Doctor I am absolutely normal and don't have any symptoms, but my GP says that I have hypertension and I should take medicines. I don't understand. Why I should take medicines, when I am, ok?" or "For me my normal BP is 150/90 Doctor and it's been like this for many years and absolutely comfortable with it". These are common questions faced by every physician day in and day out. So what is Hypertension?
To put it simply, Blood pressure is the pressure build up in blood vessels of human body by pumping of heart. When the heart contracts it pushes the blood with force and this is measured as systolic blood pressure and when the heart relaxes, the pre...