High blood pressure is known as the silent killer. Why is this an appropriate name? In your answer, explain how blood pressure is measured and what readings indicate that your pressure is high. How can this condition be improved or prevented?

This is an appropriate name becuase it has no symptoms until after it has done damage. Blood pressure is measured by an instrument called a sphygmomanometer, (90/60) or less: You may have low blood pressure. (120/80-140/90): You have a normal blood pressure (140/90) or higher You may have high blood pressure. This condition be improved or prevented by losing extra pounds, exercise regularly and reduce sodium in your diet.

Explanation:

High blood pressure is often called the silent killer because hypertension makes your heart work much harder than it should. The entire time high blood pressure is working against your heart and arteries, you are completely unaware that it is causing so much damage.

The heart supplies the organs and tissues of the body with blood. With every beat, it pumps blood into the large blood vessels of the circulatory system. As the blood moves around the body, it puts pressure on the walls of the vessels. Blood pressure readings are made up of two values:

Systolic blood pressure is the pressure when the heart beats – while the heart muscle is contracting (squeezing) and pumping oxygen-rich blood into the blood vessels.

Diastolic blood pressure is the pressure on the blood vessels when the heart muscle relaxes. The diastolic pressure is always lower than the systolic pressure.

Blood pressure is measured in units of millimeters of mercury (mmHg). The readings are always given in pairs, with the upper (systolic) value first, followed by the lower (diastolic) value.

So someone who has a reading of 132/88 mmHg (often spoken “132 over 88”) has a

systolic blood pressure of 132 mmHg, and a

diastolic blood pressure of 88 mmHg.

Elevated blood pressure Numbers higher than 120/80 mm Hg are a red flag that you need to take on heart-healthy habits. When your systolic pressure is between 120 and 129 mm Hg and your diastolic pressure is less than 80 mm Hg, it means you have elevated blood pressure.

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