Blood Pressure
Title: Blood Pressure
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 703 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Blood Pressure
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 703 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Blood pressure
"Blood pressure" is the force with which your heart pumps blood through the body. Occasional increases in blood pressure levels are not unusual.
Hypertension
Hypertension is high blood pressure. When heart beats (contracts and
relaxes) it pumps out a certain volume of blood. The maximum arterial pressure, measured in mm Hg, determines the systolic reading and the lowest reading of this pressure is called the diastolic pressure. It is widely accepted that a
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your body. As in the heart, the blood vessels in your kidneys can become hardened and thickened as a result of high blood pressure, and they cannot carry enough blood to nourish these organs and aid in eliminating waste. The result is kidney renal failure.
Eyes- long-standing high blood pressure can cause serious eye problems, such as bleeding or clots in the small eye vessels or tearing away of the lining of the inner eye.