How To Keep A Normal Blood Pressure

When can you say a person is hypertensive and what are the cause and treatment for this condition?

 Blood pressure refers to the force that blood exerts against the walls of arteries, the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the tissues. It has two components: systolic blood pressure, the force on the arteries when the heart beats; and, diastolic blood pressure, the force on the arteries between heart beats. In a blood pressure reading, which is usually expressed as a fraction (e.g., 120/80 mmHg), the numerator is the systolic while the denominator is the diastolic blood pressure.

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