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Blood pressure — the pressure created each time your heart beats as blood is pushed through a “network of tube-shaped blood vessels, which include arteries, veins, and capillaries” — and more specifically, high blood pressure, is an important indicator of health.
High blood pressure or hypertension — a condition “when your blood pressure … is consistently too high” — can cause harm to the body by “increasing the workload of the heart and blood vessels.” Eventually this “force and friction … damages the delicate tissues inside the arteries.” On top of that, hypertension can also “lead to plaque buildup of unhealthy (LDL) cholesterol,” a condition referred to as atherosclerosis.