High Blood Pressure

Your doctor will use the blood pressure test to determine if your blood pressure reading is above normal. The measurement consists of two numbers, the number of contractions is greater than the number of diastole. These figures are pressure measurements in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

Blood pressures are considered high if systolic blood pressure reading is greater than 140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure reading is greater than 90 mm Hg. According to this study, if you are an adult 13 years of age or older or 13 years or older, the systolic blood pressure reading is always 130 to 139 mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure is 80 to 89 mm Hg, the doctor may think I do not think so. There are cardiovascular risk factors for hypertension

Blood pressure measurements for children under the age of 13 are compared with common measurements for children of the same age, sex, height. Learn more about your child's blood pressure measurements

If your blood pressure reading is always above the normal value, consult your doctor. If the value exceeds 120 mm Hg exceeds 180 it is very dangerous and you need to see a doctor immediately.

Blood pressure testing is easy and painless and can be done at a clinic or clinic. Health providers measure blood pressure using meters, stethoscopes, or electronic sensors and blood pressure sleeves. To prepare, follow the steps below.

If this is the first of your health care provider's blood pressure measurement, you may be reading arms

You are very nervous or excited. The phrase "white coat hypertension" refers to a high blood pressure measurement only in the clinic, as compared with the measurements made elsewhere. Doctors can detect this type of high blood pressure by looking at measurements in offices and elsewhere.

When measured in a clinic, blood pressure tends to decrease. This is called masked hypertension. When this happens your doctor will have trouble detecting high blood pressure

The wrong blood pressure cuff cuff was used. If your cuff is too small or too big, your reading may change. For your medical team it is important to keep track of your measurements over time and to ensure that you use the right pressure cuff for your sex and age.

Your doctor may make additional tests to confirm your initial reading. To gather more information about your blood pressure, your doctor advises you to wear a blood pressure monitor to record measurements within 24 hours. Your doctor may also teach you how to get blood pressure reading at home.

Just recently, the American Society of Cardiology (ACC) has announced a new guide to reduce the definition of hypertension to 130/80. This made over half of the Americans who were defined as having high blood pressure soon. Although the Committee had relatively no COI, he did not notice that each editor of the American Cardiology Society Journal (JACC) received $ 475,072 from Big Pharma in 2014. Who made this change? Oh, it is. ACC Where is it posted? Oh, it is. The fact that JACC millions of patients are considering starting a new medicine for a newly diagnosed "hypertension" certainly can not escape the notification that the pharmaceutical company will pay the editor

Hypertension is classified as primary (essential) hypertension or secondary hypertension. Approximately 90 to 95% of cases are primary and are defined as hypertension due to nonspecific lifestyle and genetic factors. Risk-enhancing lifestyle factors include excessive salt in the diet, overweight, smoking and drinking. The remaining 5 to 10% of the cases are classified as secondary hypertension defined as hypertension due to identifiable causes such as chronic kidney disease, renal artery stenosis, endocrine disorders or contraceptive use