Average-Blood-Pressure

Blood in the body carries oxygen and other major nutrients to all parts of the body. The blood passes through arteries due to the pumping action of the heart. This makes the blood pressure in the body.

The force exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels when it is passing through them is known as blood pressure. When there is high blood pressure the arteries lose their flexibility and become stiff.

The major symptoms of the high blood pressure are

Head ache

Vision problems

Black outs.

The major causes of the high blood pressure are

Changes in lifestyle

Having excess weight

Low physical activity

Poor Diet

Hyper tension is the main cause of high blood pressure.

The normal reading of blood pressure is 120/80. The blood pressure which is above 120/80 and below 139/89 is known as pre high hyper tension. The blood pressure above 140/90 is high blood pressure.

Here there are two figures to note the Blood pressure of a person. The first figure is known as systolic pressure and the second figure is known as diastolic pressure. The top figure denotes the pressure in the arteries as the blood is pumped when the heart contracts.

The lowest pressure in the blood vessels corresponds to diastolic pressure.

Complications of high blood pressure are Heart diseases, kidney diseases, hardening of arteries and stroke.

To keep the blood pressure in the normal range following thing need to be done

Avoid smoking habit

Diet should be low in fat and salt content

Avoid alcohol consumption

Moderate exercise should be done on regular basis

Maintaining the weight

Most of the times the symptoms of the high blood pressure go unnoticed the only best way to know the high blood pressure are to get tested.

High blood pressure if not treated it can create life threatening complications. Due to higher blood pressure for a longer period of time the walls of the arteries become less flexible and a condition known as atherosclerosis develops where the fats are deposited in the arteries.

Higher blood pressure people may have chest pain, difficulty in breathing, and symptoms which corresponds to heart diseases. Due to hyper tension the heart work more and the muscles of heart enlarge and cause inefficient pumping of blood.

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