Hypertension Theraphy

High blood pressure is a serious condition that you wanted to avoid at all costs. If you practice good health habits, there is a high probability that you can maintain control this condition.

Although we can not touch, see or feel, high blood pressure, known by doctors as hypertension, is a common and potentially serious condition. Nearly one in three adults has high blood pressure. It is an alarming rate. The situation becomes more troubling when we know that only 65% of those who have it, you know, and also only 30% are being treated properly and have the problem under control.

Blood pressure is written as a fraction and the number is considered normal is 120/80 or less. The top of the fraction measures the pressure exerted on the arteries when the heart beats. Also known as systolic pressure. The bottom of the fraction (80), measures the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats. It is known as diastolic pressure. You want both numbers are within the normal level.

• Readings of 120/80 or less is optimal.

• readings between 120/80 and 140/90 are within the warning area for high pressure.

• readings over 140/90 are considered high pressure.

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