Hypertension is a chronic disease that is more common than it seems. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that “in the world there are 1,280 million adults between the ages of 30 and 79 with hypertension.” Not surprisingly, one of the global challenges in terms of public health is to reduce the prevalence of hypertension by 25% in 2025.
Hypertension appears when the heart exerts an overexertion in executing its function of pumping blood. Normal blood pressure is considered normal if the systolic pressure—the pressure of the blood in the artery when the heart contracts—is between 120 and 129 millimeters of mercury—and the diastolic pressure—the pressure of the blood in the artery when the heart relaxes—is between 120 and 129 millimeters of mercury. between 80 and 84 millimeters of mercury. From 140 millimeters of mercury the diastolic pressure is considered that the person suffers from hypertension. Some habits such as diet, sedentary lifestyle or stress favor an increase in blood pressure.
