Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the force of blood against the walls of your arteries. High blood pressure readings indicate that your heart could be working harder than it should. It is important to realize that high blood pressure can go unrecognized for years, causing no symptoms but causing progressive damage to the heart, kidneys or brain. There are two measures of your blood pressure; the systolic number is the pressure when the heart pumps, the diastolic number is the pressure when the heart is relaxing between beats.
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Systolic
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Diastolic
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Normal Range
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119 or below
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79 or below
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Pre-Hypertensive
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120 - 139
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80 - 89
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High Range
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140 or above
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90 or above
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