Patient was educated on risk factors and causes for primary hypertension as follows:

• Prehypertension
  1. Prehypertension is a condition when the blood pressure is above the normal levels, but not yet high enough to be classified as hypertensive.
  2. Poorly managed prehypertension without any active measures to contain, can progress to hypertension in due course of time.

• Age
  1. Age above 65 and older.

• High sodium diet
  1. Unhealthy dietary practices, such as, foods rich in sodium increase the risk for development of hypertension.
  2. Sodium has the tendency to retain water in the body, thus increasing the blood volume.
  3. Increased blood volume will exert more pressure on the blood vessels and result in hypertension.