Health. Hypertension: "Measure your blood pressure yourself," insists this doctor from the Nancy University Hospital.

Hypertension is a term that everyone knows and that is used incorrectly. Can you explain to us what it actually means ?

"Everyone knows about it, and yet this condition is far too neglected in France, even though it affects seventeen million French people, six million of whom are unaware they are ill and two million of whom do not seek treatment. High blood pressure is defined as blood pressure readings greater than or equal to 140/90 mmHg when measured in the office and greater than or equal to 135/85 mmHg with a home blood pressure monitor. You must be aware that, as soon as you have high blood pressure, you are exposed to a multitude of diseases and complications. Hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure in the blood vessels. This causes the entire cardiovascular system to suffer, but also the...

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