"High blood pressure is defined as blood pressure of 130/80 or higher on at least two occasions," said Dr. Deborah Levine, a professor of medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

People often let chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes go for a long time without treatment. Here’s why you should address them before symptoms begin.

The stages of hypertension include elevated, stage 1, stage 2 and hypertensive crisis. These readings are above 120/80 mm Hg.

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If you have pulmonary hypertension, it means you have high blood pressure in your pulmonary arteries, the blood vessels that carry blood from the right side of your heart through your lungs.

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