Question

At a routine physical exam years later, you learn that your blood pressure is 180/110. If your doctor cannot find a specific physical cause of your elevated blood pressure, what diagnosis is he or she likely to give you

Answer 1

Answer: Hypertension.

Explanation:

Hi, hypertension is the result of high pressure in the arteries, or in other words, high blood pressure (because arteries carry are the ones that carry blood though the body).

Normal blood pressure is below 120/80 and 180/100 is considered as high blood pressure.

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