High Blood Pressure: Essential Hypertension.(Brief Article)

What is essential hypertension? Hypertension is the term for blood pressure that is higher than normal. If repeated checks of your blood pressure show that it is 140/90 ("140 over 90") or higher, you have hypertension.

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