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What Is Hypertension?

31 Jul

In other words, someone said to suffer from hypertension or hypertension when systolic blood pressure above 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure> 90 mmHg. ideal blood pressure is 120 mmHg for systolic and 80 mmHg diastolic. In many cases, both the pressure increases.

Systolic blood pressure (top number) is the maximum pressure is reached when the heart contracts and blood through the arteries mempompakan. While diastolic blood pressure (bottom number) was taken when the pressure drops to its lowest point when the blood fills the heart to relax and rewind.

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