Friday, January 29, 2010

What Are Those Blood Pressure Numbers About?

By Christian Goodman

Are you curious to know about the two blood pressure numbers? These numbers are given utmost importance by the doctors. But hardly we know what do they mean.

These numbers symbolize how hard your blood is pushing against the walls of your arteries. Imagine how water builds up in a hose until it damages it, that's how your blood can also damage your arteries and make you more prone to strokes and cardiac arrest.

A blood pressure reading can look like this: 120/80 mmHg. The first number represents the systolic blood pressure, which is the pressure your blood exerts on your arteries when your heart beats. The second number represents the diastolic blood pressure, which is your blood pressure when your heart rests between beats.

A blood pressure reading of 120/80 is considered normal. Most individuals have this blood pressure or slightly lower. Individuals with blood pressures slightly higher than 120/80 are considered prehypertensive, and doctors often start treating them to keep their blood pressures from escalating.

Recent studies have shown that the higher blood pressure number is also a risk when the person has crossed the age of 50. The lower blood pressure number is considered to be a contributor to blood pressure for a long time.

When your blood pressure reading is 140/90 or higher in two different sessions, then you have hypertension. If you don't treat it immediately, then you are prone to several other medical conditions.

When it comes to bringing those numbers down, doctors often suggest life-changing, radical practices to their patients. They often ask their patients to stop smoking or drinking, start getting into a vigorous exercise program, or to change their diets drastically.

Most of the patients will not be able to follow this procedure, in the due course leave their blood pressure numbers to climb. And this will again get them to hypertension. Frankly hypertension can make patients life hard.

But it can be made pleasant too.

My Hypertension Program doesn't require you to do any life-changing practices. The truth is, most of the exercises can be done while you go on about your day. Wouldn't you want to be one of my customers who have successfully lowered their blood pressures for good?

I know that all people are aware of this number and would like to keep them at 120/80 for whole of their life.

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