Consultant Physician, Internal Medicine Specialist
M.B.B.S., F.C.P.S. (Medicine)
Consultant Physician, Internal Medicine Specialist
M.B.B.S., F.C.P.S. (Medicine)
Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is dangerous because it makes the heart work harder to pump blood out to the body and contributes to hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, to stroke, kidney disease, and to heart failure.