Blood Pressure In General

Newest Review: ... your pressure. There are certain things which you should avoid if you have hypertension such as excessive salt, try to cut ... more

... down as much as you possibly can on your salt intake. Liquorice is also bad for people with high blood pressure. There are some factors which can increase the risk of getting high blood pressure such as: . being overweight . smoking . being diabetic (type 1 or 2) . not doing physical exercise . drinking too much alcohol . excessive salt intake . excessive stress If you cut down on the things that you know are bad for you (nowadays we mostly know what's bad for us), and try to do more exercise, we can decrease our c...more

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Blood Pressure In General: How Pressured Are You? (1057 words)
by - written on 17/07/08 (Very useful, 143 readings)
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Blood pressure is a measure of how forcefully your blood is pressing against your artery walls with each heartbeat. Blood pressure is gauged by two numbers such as 120//80 which is spoken as one twenty over eighty. The first number is called systolic pressure and the second number if diastolic pressure. The systolic pressure is the one in the arteries when they are filled with blood and your heart is beating and the diastolic pressure is the one when your heart is resting between beats. In the UK it is considered that your blood pressure is fairly normal if your top reading is between 110-140 and bottom reading is 70-90, although 120/80 is about the most ... Read the complete review

Advice on Blood Pressure (647 words)
by - written on 05/05/04 (Very useful, 142 readings)
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I thought blood pressure problems happened to other people, not me! When I started having cluster headaches (readers may like to read my opinions) the doctor said I had a high BP reading but then it did go down to normal. Blood pressure is the pressure inside your arteries - little tubes that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Do not mistake these tubes for veins - veins are the blue tubes that you can see underneath your skin. You can feel your artery by putting your fingertips on your pulse at your wrist. If you can feel it beating then that means the artery is beating. Apparently blood ... Read the complete review