Do you know what high blood pressure means?
Your heart pumps blood into your arteries, which puts pressure on your arteries. When this pressure is too high for a long time, the walls of your arteries damage and arterial calcification occurs. As a result, your vessels are less elastic and your blood pressure increases even further. This increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. High blood pressure is often due to a combination of heredity and (wrong) lifestyle. For adults, the target blood pressure is below 140/90 mmHg (millimeters of mercury).
