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hello in this video we're going to talk about hypertension or high blood pressure this is an overview and introduction hypertension is divinest blood pressure of 140 over 90 millimeters mercury or greater the main goal of treatment is to decrease the risk of mortality and of cardiovascular and renal morbidity the signs and symptoms of hypertension include headache dis Nia high blood pressure possible retinopathy and visual changes chest pain and sensory or motor problems there can also be signs of end organ damage due to hypertension if the hypertension is untreated and severe we will talk about end organ damage towards the end of the video so what is blood pressure well it is the product of cardiac output and the total peripheral vascular resistance so here is a heart pumping blood out this is the cardiac output and together with the total peripheral resistance makes up the average blood pressure risk factors for hypertension are obesity high alcohol intake metabolic syndrome diabetes