hypertension

Hypertension (also hypertension , hypertension ; of ancient Greek ὑπέρ - hyper- "exceed" and τόνος TONOS "voltage") in medicine, the means (pathological) increasing a pressure or a voltage across the norm. This can be the case with increased tension of the muscles in the context of diseases of the extrapyramidal motor system , increased intracranial pressure or increased pressure in blood vessels or in the blood circulation .

With the latter one differentiates:

• Arterial hypertension (usually short high blood pressure ): high pressure in the arteries of the body circulation (also called great circulation); In everyday parlance, hypertension or high blood pressure (in adults from blood pressure values ​​of 140–160 systolic and diastolic 90–95 mmHg) is generally meant arterial hypertension,
• Pulmonary hypertension (PH, PHT): high blood pressure in the pulmonary circulation (also called small circulation), in the arteries from the heart to the lungs as well
• Portal hypertension : increased pressure in the portal vein .

The opposite term is hypotension , which is often related to blood pressure , or atonia .

See also

• Essential hypertension
• Atony
• Dystonia
• catatonia

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literature

• Herbert Reindell , Helmut Klepzig: diseases of the heart and blood vessels. In: Ludwig Heilmeyer (ed.): Textbook of internal medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955; 2nd edition ibid. 1961, pp. 450-598, here: pp. 578-587 ( The hypertension in the large and small circulation ).