High blood pressure is the result of pumping heat at a high rate and this also makes the blood to push the walls of arteries hardly. Since the arteries are throughout the body this causes hypertension in the human body. A very high blood pressure can even result in heart failure. Blood pressure is categorized into two types: primary hypertension and secondary hypertension. Till date the estimation is 95% people suffer from primary hypertension and 5% suffer from secondary hypertension. There are a few causes of high blood pressure and are listed as: older age, genetics, stress, smoking, being overweight, lack of physical activity, much alcohol consumption, chronic kidney disease, thyroid disorder.
The essential hypertension is more likely found in men than in women and run in families. The primary hypertension also relates to the salt content in the body. The highest ranked point for secondary hypertension is kidney diseases.
