Do you know the difference?

[wendy]

I was checking this for myself and wondered if you knew the difference between high blood pressure and hypertension?
It is interesting.

[annie]

Hypertension is high blood pressure Wendy, hypotension is low blood pressure

[JaneJ]

I come across both of these when doing first responding.

It is interesting that blood pressure can tell you so much

[maureenho]

Interesting the name is so similar, my blood pressure is low.

[wendy]

the treatment for hypertension is different to the treatment for high blood pressure and yet you would think they would be the same.

[annie]

Wendy, I can't understand what you mean, hypertension is just the medical word for high blood pressure, hyper coming for the Greek huper, meaning beyond or above . There is no difference apart from the medical terminology.