Raised blood pressure is labelled as hypertension. In realism, the blood pressure of an individual tends to increase with advancing age. So, term hypertension will be used when blood pressure exceeds the normal range for a particular age group.

Unattended blood pressure can lead to a number of serious complications including stroke, heart diseases, kidney failure, etc.

Remarks:

Hypertension is very common in the general population. However, in 95% of cases, a specific underlying cause of hypertension cannot be pointed out. This hypertension is labelled as essential hypertension and is believed to be related to genetic and heredity factors. There are multiple factors that increase chances of hypertension significantly: Age, Obesity, High levels of body fats (cholesterol), Excess consumption of alcohol and smoking, Food (more salt intake), Lifestyle factors (lack of exercise, lack of sleep, mental stress, etc). There is a very small group of cases where hypertension is a result of some specific disease condition in the body and is labelled as secondary hypertension.

It can be easily perceived that hypertension is a constitutional disorder as the constitutional defect (genetic factors) is at the base of it and the disorder itself has the impact on an entire constitution of an individual. While treating hypertension, the treatment needs to be planned to focus at a root level: to affect the genetic tendency. Homeopathic treatment does that precisely.