{"id":663,"date":"2012-05-24T22:39:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T02:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flirtingwithfitness.com\/health-beauty\/health\/blood-pressure-health\/understanding-your-blood-pressure\/"},"modified":"2012-05-24T22:39:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T02:39:11","slug":"understanding-your-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flirtingwithfitness.com\/health-beauty\/health\/blood-pressure-health\/understanding-your-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Your Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:10px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"69\" width=\"53\" src=\"http:\/\/widgets.fbshare.me\/files\/fbshare.php?url=http:\/\/flirtingwithfitness.com\/health-beauty\/health\/blood-pressure-health\/understanding-your-blood-pressure\/&title=Understanding Your Blood Pressure\n&size=large\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div><div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"FlirtingFitness\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/flirtingwithfitness.com\/health-beauty\/health\/blood-pressure-health\/understanding-your-blood-pressure\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nWhat &#105;&#115; blood pressure? Blood pressure &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; force of your blood against &#116;&#104;&#101; walls of your arteries. Blood pressure consists of &#116;&#119;&#111; number; a top and &#98;&#111;&#116;&#116;&#111;&#109; number. The top &#110;&#117;&#109;&#98;&#101;&#114; &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; systolic pressure. The &#98;&#111;&#116;&#116;&#111;&#109; &#110;&#117;&#109;&#98;&#101;&#114; &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; diastolic pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Systolic blood pressure &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; force of blood &#105;&#110; your arteries as your heart beats. If your systolic &#110;&#117;&#109;&#98;&#101;&#114; &#105;&#115; higher than one hundred and forty &#121;&#111;&#117; have high blood pressure. Even &#105;&#102; your diastolic &#110;&#117;&#109;&#98;&#101;&#114; &#105;&#115; not high &#121;&#111;&#117; &#99;&#97;&#110; still have &#39;isolated systolic hypertension.&#39; This means only your systolic &#110;&#117;&#109;&#98;&#101;&#114; &#105;&#115; high.<\/p>\n<p>This &#105;&#115; more common &#102;&#111;&#114; older Americans. This pressure usually increases with age whereas diastolic pressure decreases &#97;&#102;&#116;&#101;&#114; fifty-five. You &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; not &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; have isolated systolic hypertension so ask your doctor &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#97;&#114;&#101; concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Diastolic blood pressure &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; force of blood &#105;&#110; your arteries when your heart relaxes between beats. For younger &#112;&#101;&#111;&#112;&#108;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; &#105;&#115; a &#118;&#101;&#114;&#121; important number. The higher &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; pressure &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; more &#121;&#111;&#117; &#97;&#114;&#101; &#97;&#116; risk. This blood pressure lowers as &#121;&#111;&#117; &#103;&#101;&#116; older and your systolic increases. Therefore diastolic &#105;&#115; more important &#105;&#110; younger &#112;&#101;&#111;&#112;&#108;&#101; and systolic &#105;&#110; older.<\/p>\n<p>Normal blood pressure &#105;&#115; less than one hundred and twenty &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; less than eighty. If your pressure &#105;&#115; between &#116;&#104;&#101; normal numbers and one hundred and thirty-nine &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; eighty-nine, &#121;&#111;&#117; have &#119;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#105;&#115; called prehypertension. This puts &#121;&#111;&#117; &#97;&#116; risk to develop high blood pressure &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; future but it easily preventable.<\/p>\n<p>Hypertension &#105;&#115; a &#110;&#97;&#109;&#101; &#102;&#111;&#114; high blood pressure. Having high blood pressure puts &#121;&#111;&#117; &#97;&#116; risk &#102;&#111;&#114; heart disease or even strokes. High blood pressure makes your heart work &#104;&#97;&#114;&#100;&#101;&#114; than it should and &#99;&#97;&#110; lead to blindness, kidney disease and even congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n<p>According to statistics high blood pressure killed &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; fifty-four thousand &#112;&#101;&#111;&#112;&#108;&#101; &#105;&#110; 2004. Statistics &#97;&#108;&#115;&#111; show that twenty-eight percent of &#112;&#101;&#111;&#112;&#108;&#101; have high blood pressure and aren&#39;t even aware of it. Are &#121;&#111;&#117; one of them?<\/p>\n<p>You should be aware of &#116;&#104;&#101; risks of high blood pressure so &#121;&#111;&#117; &#99;&#97;&#110; avoid them as &#98;&#101;&#115;&#116; as &#121;&#111;&#117; can. High blood pressure &#105;&#115; a risk &#102;&#111;&#114; stroke and heart disease. While some risks &#99;&#97;&#110; be altered or fixed, some cannot. For instance &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; use tobacco or &#97;&#114;&#101; overweight &#121;&#111;&#117; &#97;&#114;&#101; &#97;&#116; risk &#102;&#111;&#114; high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>You &#99;&#97;&#110; easily fix &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; &#98;&#121; trying to quit &#117;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#103; tobacco and watching your diet to help lose weight. If &#121;&#111;&#117; have trouble &#100;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; either of &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; on your own, consult your physician. They may be able to prescribe &#121;&#111;&#117; something or give &#121;&#111;&#117; useful information to help.<\/p>\n<p>High blood pressure &#99;&#97;&#110; affect certain parts of your body as well. You &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; suffer from a stroke. This happens because &#116;&#104;&#101; high blood pressure &#99;&#97;&#110; break a weak blood vessel leaving it to bleed into &#116;&#104;&#101; brain. Also &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; have a blood clot blocking a narrow artery, &#121;&#111;&#117; &#99;&#97;&#110; &#97;&#108;&#115;&#111; experience a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes impaired vision or blindness &#99;&#97;&#110; occur from high blood pressure. It &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; eventually cause your blood vessels &#105;&#110; your eye to bleed or burst leaving &#121;&#111;&#117; with blurred or impaired vision.<\/p>\n<p>Your arteries harden as &#121;&#111;&#117; age, even more so &#102;&#111;&#114; those &#105;&#110; your heart, brain and kidneys. These &#104;&#97;&#114;&#100;&#101;&#114; arteries &#97;&#114;&#101; associated with high blood pressure. When &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; happens your kidneys and heart have to work harder.<\/p>\n<p>If &#121;&#111;&#117; have &#97;&#110;&#121; questions or concerns about your blood pressure ask your doctor. They &#99;&#97;&#110; answer &#97;&#110;&#121; questions &#121;&#111;&#117; &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; have and find a solution &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; do &#105;&#110; fact have high blood pressure or &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; be prone to it. 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