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What Is Essential Hypertension?
Essential hypertension is high blood pressure that has no known secondary cause. It is also referred to as primary hypertension.
Blood pressure is the force with which blood hits the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood through the body. Hypertension occurs when the force of the blood is greater than it should be under normal conditions.
Most cases of high blood pressure are classified as essential hypertension. Another type of hypertension is secondary hypertension. Secondary hypertension is high blood pressure that has an identifiable cause, such as kidney disease.
What are the risk factors associated with essential hypertension?
Genetic factors are believed to play a role in the development of hypertension. The following factors may increase the risk of developing essential hypertension:
- diet
- stress
- minimum physical activity
- overweight
- heart failure
- heart attack
- Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries caused by cholesterol deposition (can lead to heart attack)
- stroke
- eye damage
- Kidney damage
- Nerve damage
- What are the long-term prospects