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Hypertension or high blood pressure is a situation when the pressure of blood flowing through blood vessels is elevated over a prolonged period, irrespective of body's needs.
Various diseases including heart and kidney ailments invariably cause high blood pressure in children; if the disease is successfully treated the blood pressure automatically drops. Sometimes certain medications given to children could cause an increase in blood pressure and discontinuation results in a normal blood pressure.
Antihypertensives are drugs used to treat hypertension. There are several classes of antihypertensives, each serving people with different health conditions.
High blood pressure, a largely ignored physical condition is said to be one of the world’s biggest killers. Studies show that about 54% of all strokes and 25% of other cardiovascular diseases are related to high blood pressure. Doctors believe that increasing amounts of stress, combined with unhealthy dietary habits and lack of exercise has led to the increasing incidence of hypertension
