High Blood Pressure. What It Means for You, and How to Control ItRichard OgilvieO'Brien. E. & O'Malley, K. (1982). High blood pressure: What it means for you and how to control it. Australia: Methuen.
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Learn how high blood pressure can affect your health and some of the things that may trigger it. You will also find ways to manage and control it effectively. Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) Find out what causes low blood pressure, resulting in hypotension....
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Learn how high blood pressure can affect your health and some of the things that may trigger it. You will also find ways to manage and control it effectively. Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) Find out what causes low blood pressure, resulting in hypotension....
When blood pressure is being taken for the first time, it should be recorded in both arms. Blood pressure may be measured either manually, listening with a stethoscope, or by automated machine. What blood pressure number is more important, systolic or diastolic? Both systolic and diastolic blood...
In the medical field, blood pressure usually consists of two separate numbers. The top number is known as systolic blood pressure, and it represents the pressure inside the blood vessels when the heart is actively contracting. The bottom number is known as diastolic blood pressure, and it ...
Diastolic blood pressure: What the bottom number means The bottom number is called diastolic blood pressure. It tells you what your blood pressure is when your heart is at rest between heartbeats. Your blood pressure is lowest when your heart is at rest, meaning the diastolic number is the lo...
It also discusses the factors that impede or slow blood flow, a phenomenon known as resistance. As noted earlier, hydrostatic pressure is the force exerted by a fluid due to gravitational pull, usually against the wall of the container in which it is located. One form of hydrostatic pressure...
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As the cuff deflates, the first sound you hear through the stethoscope is the systolic blood pressure, the top number in the reading. The sound continues until it stops. This marks the diastolic blood pressure, the bottom number in the reading. What are ideal blood pressure systole and dia...
High blood pressure is a big problem in both men and women. About 1 in every 2 adult Americans have high blood pressure. Many more are at a risk of it. High blood pressure is especially dangerous because you can have it for years without knowing. In fact, 1 in 3 Americans with the ...