Blood Pressure - What is Normal Blood Pressure - How To Lower Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure - What is Normal Blood Pressure - How To Lower Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure - What is Normal Blood Pressure - How To Lower Blood Pressure

In this video I discuss what is blood pressure, what blood pressure readings mean, and what is hypertension. I cover some causes of high blood pressure, and how to lower blood pressure.



Transcript

What is blood pressure?

As the heart beats, it pumps blood through blood vessels to and from all areas of the body. As blood is traveling through the arteries, which are blood vessels where oxygen rich blood travels to organs and tissues, it pushes on the sides of the artery walls.

Blood pressure is a reading of the force of how hard blood is pushing on the sides of the artery walls. High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is when this force is too high.

Health care professionals will measure your blood pressure, while you are sitting at rest, with a device, usually a blood pressure cuff, which will produce 2 numbers. The 1st number is called systolic pressure, and it gauges blood pressure when the heart beats, while it is pumping blood.

The 2nd number is called diastolic pressure, and it gauges blood pressure in between heart beats, when the heart is at rest. So, an example reading might be 117 over 79, with the 1st number being systolic pressure and the 2nd number being diastolic pressure.

Normal blood pressure is defined as lower than 120 for systolic, and lower than 80 for diastolic. Your blood pressure will change throughout the day, being higher when you are active or under stress, and lower when you are resting.

The chart on the screen lists the different stages of high blood pressure along with the systolic and diastolic readings for them .
High blood pressure can cause severe damage to the body over time.

It can cause artery damage and narrowing by damaging the cells of interior artery walls, which can lead to atherosclerosis or hardening of arteries. It can damage the heart, making it work harder to pump blood. High blood pressure can also lead to damage to the brain, kidneys and even the eyes, as well as bone loss and trouble sleeping.

Some of the risk factors of having high blood pressure include age, heredity, being overweight, smoking, having high cholesterol levels, consistently being under stress, physical inactivity, and poor diet, including over consumption of foods with a high salt/sodium content.

You can do some things to help control blood pressure. Improve your diet, which may include reducing salt and increasing potassium, get more active, maintain a healthy weight, find ways to manage stress, avoid tobacco products, and limit alcohol consumption.


Timestamps
0:00 What is blood pressure?
0:30 How is blood pressure measured?
0:40 Systolic and diastolic pressure
1:04 What is a normal blood pressure reading?
1:25 Health risks from high blood pressure
2:08 Some ways to improve, control blood pressure


Content

0 -> What is blood pressure? Well, as the heart  beats, it pumps blood through blood vessels  
5.01 -> to and from all areas of the body. As blood  is traveling through the arteries, which are  
10.71 -> blood vessels where oxygen-rich blood travels  to organs and tissues, it pushes on the sides of  
16.02 -> artery walls. Blood pressure is a reading of the  force of how hard blood is pushing on the sides  
22.74 -> of these artery walls. High blood pressure, also  called hypertension, is when this force is too  
28.62 -> high. Healthcare professionals will measure  your blood pressure while you're sitting at  
33.33 -> rest with a device, usually a blood pressure cuff,  which will produce two numbers, the first number  
40.08 -> is called systolic pressure, and it gauges  blood pressure when the heart beats, while  
45.12 -> it's pumping blood, the second number is called  diastolic pressure, and it gauges blood pressure  
50.49 -> in between heartbeats, when the heart is at rest  So, an example reading might be 117 over 79, with  
58.65 -> the first number being systolic pressure and  the second number being diastolic pressure.  
63.12 -> Normal blood pressure is defined as lower than  124 systolic and lower than 84 diastolic. Your  
70.56 -> blood pressure will change throughout the day,  being higher when you're active or under stress,  
75.18 -> and lower when you're resting, the chart on the  screen lists the different stages of high blood  
80.55 -> pressure, along with the systolic and diastolic  readings for them. High blood pressure can cause  
86.04 -> severe damage to the body over time, it can cause  artery damage and narrowing, by damaging the cells  
91.95 -> of the interior artery walls, which can lead to  atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, it  
98.4 -> can damage the heart, making it work harder to  pump blood. High blood pressure can also lead  
103.74 -> to damage to the brain, kidneys and even the eyes,  as well as bone loss and trouble sleeping. Some of  
110.19 -> the risk factors of having high blood pressure  include age, heredity, being overweight, smoking,  
116.13 -> having high cholesterol levels, consistently being  under stress, physical inactivity, and poor diet,  
123.06 -> including overconsumption of foods with a high  salt or sodium content. You can do some things to  
129.15 -> help control blood pressure, improve your diet,  which may include reducing salt and increasing  
134.49 -> potassium, get more active, maintain a healthy  weight, find ways to manage any stress you may  
141.12 -> have, avoid tobacco products, and limit alcohol  consumption. And that folks, be blood pressure.

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