Hypertension

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Across
  1. 2. very tiny blood vessels that helps to connect your arteries and veins in addition to facilitating the exchange of certain elements between your blood and tissues
  2. 7. feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing
  3. 8. a medical emergency that happens when the blood flow to your brain is interrupted.
  4. 10. irregular and often rapid heart rate that occurs when the two upper chambers of your heart experience chaotic electrical signals
  5. 12. a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain. It can cause changes in your behaviour, movements or feelings, and in levels of consciousness
Down
  1. 1. the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on your artery walls
  2. 3. a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat
  3. 4. Lower reading of blood pressure category
  4. 5. A severe elevation (rise) in blood pressure that can lead to organ damage, including brain damage, heart attack, heart failure
  5. 6. Upper reading of blood pressure category
  6. 9. blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart.
  7. 11. blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body