How The Body Controls Blood Pressure
How The Body Controls Blood Pressure
Hypertension is the term doctors use for high blood pressure. It’s often referred to as a “silent killer” since many people may have no noticeable symptoms. Over 50 million people suffer from high blood pressure, but nearly one third aren’t even aware of it. Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease, the nations’ number one killer.
Those who do experience the symptoms of high blood pressure feel dizzy, headaches and sometimes nosebleeds. Unfortunately, by the time symptoms are felt, blood pressure is dangerously high. But many people with uncontrolled high blood pressure never have any of these symptoms.
Blood pressure is the force of the blood through your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your circulatory system. Blood pressure is reported as a fraction, with one number over the other. The top number, called the “systolic” pressure, is the force when your heart contracts, the bottom number, called the “diastolic” pressure, is the pressure when you hear relaxes between beats.
Hypertension is the term doctors use for high blood pressure. It’s often referred to as a “silent killer” since many people may have no noticeable symptoms. Over 50 million people suffer from high blood pressure, but nearly one third aren’t even aware of it. Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease, the nations’ number one killer.
Those who do experience the symptoms of high blood pressure feel dizzy, headaches and sometimes nosebleeds. Unfortunately, by the time symptoms are felt, blood pressure is dangerously high. But many people with uncontrolled high blood pressure never have any of these symptoms.
Blood pressure is the force of the blood through your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your circulatory system. Blood pressure is reported as a fraction, with one number over the other. The top number, called the “systolic” pressure, is the force when your heart contracts, the bottom number, called the “diastolic” pressure, is the pressure when you hear relaxes between beats.
