Introduction
Hypertension is a common medical condition that causes no obvious symptoms and poses a risk to people from all walks.
Since you do not notice if you have high blood pressure does not know under what conditions does your heart, maybe not quite understand why your doctor is concerned and what you do.
Fortunately, there are long-term treatments for your problem, including modern drugs such as the doctor has prescribed.
But to feel comfortable with their medication probably want to know more about it: what it does and how it works.
Some drugs, such as that prescribed by your doctor, are effective for more than one disorder.
These pages provide information that will help you learn hypertension and heart, and how to adapt to their condition and treatment required.
What is blood pressure?
Every time it beats, the heart pumps blood, which carries oxygen and nutrients through the miles of arteries and veins of the body.
Blood pressure is the force exerted by blood against the artery walls.
Everyone should have some degree of blood pressure for the blood to the organs and muscles of the body.
How to measure blood pressure?
Blood pressure is expressed by a pair of values: 140/90 or “140 over 90″. This is because the pressure of blood against the arteries is not always the same.
It reaches its maximum pressure when the heart pumps. Between beats, when the heart is at rest, the pressure drops to its lowest level.
Both the maximum and minimum pressure are important, and therefore the measurement always has two components. The doctors called “systolic pressure” to the highest, and “diastolic” to the lowest. Normal healthy blood pressure is below 140/90.
