There should be no talking either by patient or the provider during the rest period or during the measurement. Blood pressure readings that are taken while the patient is sitting or lying on an examining table are not valid. When blood pressure is being taken for the first time, it should ...
Understanding your blood pressure readings: Systolic blood pressure. This first number measures the pressure of your blood against your arteries when it beats. Diastolic blood pressure. This second number measures the pressure when your heart is resting between beats. Interpreting your blood pressure me...
Understanding your blood pressure readings: Systolic blood pressure.This first number measures the pressure of your blood against your arteries when it beats. Diastolic blood pressure.This second number measures the pressure when your heart is resting between beats. ...
Age:The older a person is, the greater the likelihood that he or she will develop high blood pressure, especially elevated systolic readings. This is largely due toarteriosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries." Race:African Americans develop high blood pressure more often than Caucasians. They...
Thompson, June
Hypertension is high blood pressure, a very common condition in older adults. Blood pressure is the physical force exerted by the blood as it pushes against the walls of the arteries. Blood pressure readings are written in two numbers separated by a line. The top number represents the systolic...
Hypertension is high blood pressure, a very common condition in older adults. Blood pressure is the physical force exerted by the blood as it pushes against the walls of the arteries. Blood pressure readings are written in two numbers separated by a line. The top number represents the systolic...
Tracking nearly 1,300 older people until they died, scientists found markedly higher risks of one or more brain lesions among those with high systolic blood pressure readings. These lesions were dominated by so-called "infarcts" -- areas of dead tissue prompted by blood supply blockages that ca...
When a woman is 35 years old, she’s only one-third as likely to have high blood pressure compared to a man who is the same age. By age 65, this gap evens out, with women running the same risk as men. Even women with normal blood pressure readings when they are younger may develo...
Understanding your blood pressure readings: Systolic blood pressure.This first number measures the pressure of your blood against your arteries when it beats. Diastolic blood pressure.This second number measures the pressure when your heart is resting between beats. ...