Blood pressure Measurement, Types, and Management

Systolic Diastolic Measurement, Primary and Secondary hypertension, Managing through food and lifestyle changes

What are Blood Pressure measurements?

Blood pressure is measured by force at which heart pumps out blood, and the force exerted when heart relaxes to take the blood in.

High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. Blood pressure is measured by two numbers

Systolic

The force exerted by blood on the artery walls as the heart pumps it out.

Diastolic

Force as the heart relaxes to let the blood flow into the heart.

Blood pressure is measured as Systolic/Diastolic in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

	Category	Systolic Pressure	Diastolic Pressure
Adults	Optimal	Less than 120	Less than 80
	Normal	120 to 130	80 to 85
	High: Normal	130 to 139	85 to 89
	High: Mild Hypertension	140 to 159	90 to 99
	High: Moderate	160 to 179	100 to 109
	Severe	180 to 209	110 to 119
	Very Severe	Greater than 210	Greater than 120
Children Specifies normal blood pressure by age groups	Age (years)	Systolic Pressure	Diastolic Pressure
	3 to 5	116	76
	6 to 9	122	78
	10 to 12	126	82
	13 to 15	136	86

Types of hypertension

Primary, and Secondary. 90% of persons afflicted with high blood pressure have Primary hypertension. After a physician has determined that you suffer from hypertension, physician will order Blood tests, urine analysis, An electrocardiogram, and an exercise stress test. to ascertain cause of the hypertension. Primary hypertension is when the physician can not ascertain a medical condition causing hypertension. The secondary hypertension is caused by a medical condition and it can treated and reversed.

Managing Hypertension

You can manage hypertension with drug therapy and life style changes. We will only focus on Dietary Changes.
1. Avoid Caffeine Intake, Alcohol, and Smoking
2. Weight Loss
3. Exercise
People with hypertension should avoid any caffeinated beverages. These beverages may put extra workload on heart by increasing heart rate.
4. Good Sleep Habits
5. Stress Reduction
6. Proper diet such as DASH

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