English to Chinese Social Sciences Sports / Fitness / Recreation High blood pressure

You can't see it, you can't feel it, and unless you get checked, you won't even know you have it.
That makes high blood pressure, or hypertension, a quiet killer, one that slowly damages your blood vessels, heart, and eyes while simultaneously increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia, and kidney disease. High blood pressure results in stiff, inflexible arteries that are virtual magnets for cholesterol and other blood components that form the gunk known as plaque. If you already have this gunk, blood rushing past at high force is just what it takes to {nick the "cap" off mounds of plaque}, setting the dominoes in motion for a heart attack.