What’s all this concern about blood pressure and what is normal? Blood pressure is the force exerted against your arterial walls when your heart pumps blood through them. Your blood pressure reading consists of two numbers; an upper one and a lower one which measure the pressure in millimeters of mercury (or mm of Hg).
The upper number is systolic ( sis-TOL-ik) and the lower one is diastolic (di-a-STOL-ik). Sistolic is the pressure exerted against your arterial walls when the heart is pumping (beating) blood through them. Diastolic is the pressure against the walls when the heart is resting between beats.
Normal blood pressure for an adult should be less than 120/80 and is stated as 120 over 80. High blood pressure or hypertension would be a reading of 140/90. Hypertension increases your risk for stroke, kidney disease, and heart attack.
Strokes are caused when high blood pressure ruptures weakened vessels in the brain. Blood leaks out into the brain causing either death or paralysis of certain parts of the body requiring extensive therapy to relearn how to use them again.
Hypertension puts undo strain on the filtering capillaries in the kidneys causing kidney disease. It can cause congestive heart failure where the heart has trouble pumping enough blood to the rest of the body. And chest pain can indicate that the heart is not receiving sufficient oxygen from the arteries that supply it resulting in a “myocardial infarction” or heart attack.
There are many causes of high blood pressure, such as, lack of physical activity, heredity, using alcohol and tobacco, stress in your life, and, of course, your diet. There are some medical conditions and also some medicines that can increase blood pressure. Consider that the average person has 60,000 miles (or more than twice around the world) of blood vessels and their heart will have beat around 2 ½ billion times by the age of 70. With a network this extensive there is a lot that can go wrong.
Almost half of older Americans are subject to hypertension. This makes them five times more likely to have a stroke, three times more prone to experience a heart attack, and twice as apt to suffer heart failure. Probably a third of these people are unaware of their condition since they haven’t felt any obvious pain.
The good news is that hypertension is not an inevitable conclusion. By cutting down on salt, eating a more healthy diet, losing weight, and exercising regularly you can lower the risk of high blood pressure.
Always have your blood pressure checked at your regularly scheduled doctor visits. You may even want to purchase a device to check your blood pressure at home. Get your doctor’s advice as to whether it is accurate and that you are using it properly.
Be sure to check with your doctor before initiating any exercise program that is going to place increased demands on your circulatory system. Remember that moderate exercise three times a week, especially if you are older, will give you greater benefit than more strenuous workouts done twice as much.
For a more detailed report on controlling your blood pressure, be sure to check this out:
“High Blood Pressure Remedy Report”
The upper number is systolic ( sis-TOL-ik) and the lower one is diastolic (di-a-STOL-ik). Sistolic is the pressure exerted against your arterial walls when the heart is pumping (beating) blood through them. Diastolic is the pressure against the walls when the heart is resting between beats.
Normal blood pressure for an adult should be less than 120/80 and is stated as 120 over 80. High blood pressure or hypertension would be a reading of 140/90. Hypertension increases your risk for stroke, kidney disease, and heart attack.
Strokes are caused when high blood pressure ruptures weakened vessels in the brain. Blood leaks out into the brain causing either death or paralysis of certain parts of the body requiring extensive therapy to relearn how to use them again.
Hypertension puts undo strain on the filtering capillaries in the kidneys causing kidney disease. It can cause congestive heart failure where the heart has trouble pumping enough blood to the rest of the body. And chest pain can indicate that the heart is not receiving sufficient oxygen from the arteries that supply it resulting in a “myocardial infarction” or heart attack.
There are many causes of high blood pressure, such as, lack of physical activity, heredity, using alcohol and tobacco, stress in your life, and, of course, your diet. There are some medical conditions and also some medicines that can increase blood pressure. Consider that the average person has 60,000 miles (or more than twice around the world) of blood vessels and their heart will have beat around 2 ½ billion times by the age of 70. With a network this extensive there is a lot that can go wrong.
Almost half of older Americans are subject to hypertension. This makes them five times more likely to have a stroke, three times more prone to experience a heart attack, and twice as apt to suffer heart failure. Probably a third of these people are unaware of their condition since they haven’t felt any obvious pain.
The good news is that hypertension is not an inevitable conclusion. By cutting down on salt, eating a more healthy diet, losing weight, and exercising regularly you can lower the risk of high blood pressure.
Always have your blood pressure checked at your regularly scheduled doctor visits. You may even want to purchase a device to check your blood pressure at home. Get your doctor’s advice as to whether it is accurate and that you are using it properly.
Be sure to check with your doctor before initiating any exercise program that is going to place increased demands on your circulatory system. Remember that moderate exercise three times a week, especially if you are older, will give you greater benefit than more strenuous workouts done twice as much.
For a more detailed report on controlling your blood pressure, be sure to check this out:
“High Blood Pressure Remedy Report”
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