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Description of Hypertension Hypertension generally happens when your heart rate reaches over 80 beats a minutes. Hypertension greatens the risk of you obtaining other life threatening diseases such as:
 * Heart Attacks


 * Heart Failure


 * Strokes

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 * Arterial aneurysm which where the arteries size increase until rupture occurs

Hypertension can be classified as essential (primary) or secondary. Primary means that no medical reason can be located to clarify and explain the raised blood pressure. Secondary hypertension specifies that the high blood pressure is a outcome of another condition such as kidney disease or tumours. Surprisingly 90% to 95% of Hypertension is primary hypertension which means that over 90% of patients have no reason for having such high blood pressure.