What is high blood pressure?
Our bodies can suffer from many diseases. A very common one is high blood pressure. Often people who suffer from it do not notice it at first. But what exactly do we mean by high blood pressure?
What is the blood pressure
- Often you hear people talk about their suffering. What you often do here Ears gets is higher Blood pressure. But in order to understand what this is, you need to know what blood pressure is and what it is for ours body means.
- About five liters of blood have to be pumped through our entire body; this is done by the heart.
- The heart pumps blood into our body intermittently (a surge with each heartbeat), which means that the blood does not flow in a steady flow.
- So that even the smallest blood vessels that are far away from the heart can be supplied with blood, a certain pressure is required, which is provided by our heart.
- Blood pressure is the pressure that prevails inside our vessels.
- It can be measured and thus it can also be determined whether the cardiovascular system is functioning properly.
- Two values are determined during the measurement. The unit in which the pressure is measured is called mmHg. This is millimeters of mercury.
- The upper value is also called the systolic value. This corresponds to the pressure that arises in the tension and expulsion phase of the left ventricle. It is the highest pressure that arises, and in a healthy person it is around 120 mmHg.
- The lower value is called the diastolic value. This is the lowest pressure in the relaxation and expansion phases. Healthy people have a value of around 80-85 mmHg.
There are different blood pressure values, with each individual value making a specific statement ...
High blood pressure and its consequences
- High blood pressure is known in technical terms as hypertension.
- With hypertension, the pressure values are out of the norm and higher than normal. There is also blood pressure that is too low, where the values are lower.
- People who suffer from hypertension usually do not notice this, as high blood pressure is hardly noticeable. But it can leave serious consequences in our circulatory system over a longer period of time and thus become life-threatening.
- In our fast-moving times in particular, more and more people are suffering from this disease.
- Common causes are stress, Sedentary lifestyle and obesity. Unfortunately, younger and younger people are also developing hypertension.
- Having your blood pressure checked regularly will reduce the risk of going unnoticed hypertension. Hypertension can be treated very well these days and thus you protect yourself from serious damage to your organs.
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