High blood pressure

High Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing
against the walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it
pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is highest when
your heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure.
When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls.
This is the diastolic pressure.

Your blood pressure reading uses these two
numbers, the systolic and diastolic pressures. Usually they are written
one above or before the other. A reading of

• 120/80 or lower is normal blood pressure
  
• 140/90 or higher is high blood pressure
  
• 120 and 139 for the top number, or between 80 and 89 for the bottom number is prehypertension
  

High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, but it can cause serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. You can control high blood pressure through healthy lifestyle habits and taking medicines, if needed.






National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Sometimes extreme blood pressure can give you headaches.

do u have blood pressure machine my grandparents do its neat

I don't have one. I am on medication and the doc says that is enough.

My bp was really high the last time I went to the rheumatologist but the nurse says pain can always cause it to be high.

It is important to take steps to keep your blood pressure under
control. The treatment goal is blood pressure below 140/90 and lower
for people with other conditions, such as diabetes and kidney disease.
Adopting healthy lifestyle habits is an effective first step in both
preventing and controlling high blood pressure. If lifestyle changes
alone are not effective in keeping your pressure controlled, it may be
necessary to add blood pressure medications. In this section you will
learn about blood pressure-lowering lifestyle habits and blood pressure
medications.