Question

High blood pressure is a problem for many people in North America and throughout the world because it can quietly damage the body for years without any symptoms, hurting the heart, the arteries, the brain, the kidneys, and the eyes. What is another name for high blood pressure?

(1 point)
Responses

hypotension

hypotension

diastolic pressure

diastolic pressure

thermoregulation

thermoregulation

hypertension

Answer 1

The other name for high blood pressure is **hypertension**.