Hyper tension is a medical term for high blood pressure. High blood pressure is either due to a chronic disease or condition, in which case it is treatable and controllable with the use of prescribed drugs or it is brought on by obesity and a poor lifestyle. By watching what we eat and keeping fit we will go a long way and keep this condition to a minimum. Blood pressure often increases as we get older and to some extent this is acceptable. Always take medical advice on what is the norm for you. But, if we can try to keep it under control ourselves it is far preferable - drugs often have unwanted side effects so if we can do something ourselves it seems more logical. Consider also that the drug is merely treating the symptom rather than the cause. So, if the cause is too much alcohol, being overweight, stress factors etc we need to try to eliminate these things from our lives.