" Hypertension is not just an increase in blood pressure , but it also means obesity , decreased arterial elasticity , endothelial dysfunction , abnormal glucose metabolism , hormone nerve dysfunction , and changes in kidney function , " said the doctor with kidney - hypertension subspecialty during the press conference of "The 8th Annual Meeting of Indonesian Society of Hypertension " on Friday ( 03/07/2014 ) in Jakarta .
Moreover , he added , hypertension can also mean a change in the mechanism of blood clotting , abnormal insulin metabolism , dysfunction , and cardiac chamber wall thickening , atherosclerosis ( the buildup of plaque in blood vessels ) , and lipid metabolism abnormality .Therefore , Suhardjono stressed , hypertension is clearly a very big risk conditions . Unfortunately , there are still many people with hypertension who still do not know that he has a condition that has not received proper treatment .
