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As your heart pumps more blood, your arteries and blood vessels must be able to accommodate it by expanding. When you don’t have any blood pressure problem, when you exercise, when you go for a jog, or even when you get excited, your heart begins to beat faster, but at that time, your blood vessels are easily able to expand and accommodate the flow of the blood.
Blood pressure happens when the blood vessels are no longer able to expand but the pressure remains the same. In such cases, even when your heart is pumping at its normal rate (there is no increased heartbeat), the vessels may be so narrow that the blood needs to flow with extra pressure to get through. The amount of pressure that your blood needs to apply to move forward and reach other parts of your body, is your current blood pressure.
Some of the symptoms of high blood pressure or hyperventilation are
- Dizziness
- Headaches
- Chest pain
- Vision blurriness
- Blood in the urine
- Shortness of breath
- Flushing
- Nosebleeds
If you’re feeling one of these symptoms or a combination of these symptoms, it is critical that you get a hypertension test done urgently. You should never take the problem of blood pressure casually because it can lead to heart and kidney problems.
Hypertension can be of two types:
Primary hypertension
It is also called “essential hypertension”. It develops over time, and it has no identifiable causes. Maximum number of people have primary hypertension, especially considering the fact that people are not physically active these days and they are not mindful of their diet.
Secondary hypertension
This is a serious type of hypertension which can cause ailments, and which can also be as a result of some ailments. Some of the factors that can contribute towards higher blood pressure in this category include
- Kidney disease
- Thyroid problems
- Medication side effects
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Some sort of endocrine tumor
- Obstructive sleep apnea (excessive snoring)
- Congenital heart defects
Hypertension can also lead to some of these illnesses such as kidney disease and heart problems. They may be self-perpetuating.