A very real problem with high blood pressure nowadays is that it is so widespread and talked about so frequently that many people do not appear to treat it with the respect which it deserves. The fact is high blood pressure, or hypertension, is a killer and has to be treated as such.
Many hundreds of doctors and scientists have spent a great deal of money and time trying to identify just what a true definition of high blood pressure is.
There have been many studies carried out on this topic that have given the doctors and researchers a wide range of blood pressure values. The results however are often skewed and vary from country to country and even from one district to the next within a particular country. Accordingly, it has been agreed that the true definition of high blood pressure can only be found through constant observation and experiment.
Normal blood pressure is seen in a similar way to normal body weight in that the defining level is that which is seen as providing the greatest predicted life expectancy. In other words, this is the level at which the heart and other important elements of the body such as the circulatory system are able to continue under optimum conditions without the risk of heart disease and other related disorders.
Of course there are a number of other factors that have to be taken into account when defining hypertension and some need to be excluded. For instance, If a healthy individual was to become excited their systolic (or pumping) blood pressure will rise by possibly a significant amount as their blood flow increases in response to extreme emotional excitement or any type of energetic exercise. But it will not remain high for very long and as soon as the level of excitement subsides your blood pressure also falls back to its normal level.
In addition to your systolic (pumping) blood pressure you also have a diastolic (resting) blood pressure which is the more important of the two and is an excellent guide in ascertaining whether or not a high blood pressure reading is a false positive. Diastolic pressure is important because it points to the state of an individual's arteries and a high reading might show that your arteries are restricted and not allowing a free flow of blood as they should be.
It is very important to know that high blood pressure is not in itself a disease but is a key criterion by which doctors can diagnose or predict other illnesses.
Finally, it is also necessary to know that high blood pressure cannot be cured although it can be very well controlled.
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