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What Is Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure, is the pressure of the blood against the arterial walls.

Blood pressure results from the force of the heart that pumps the blood into the arteries, and the force of the arteries as they resist the blood flow

Why Are Two Values in the Blood Pressure Reading?

Blood pressure is expressed with two values, separated by a slash and with a unit (mm Hg), for example125/85 mm Hg; pronounced “125 over 85 millimeters of mercury” (according to height of a column in a blood pressure monitor).

The first (higher) value(125) represents blood pressure during the heart contraction(systolein Greek) and is called systolic blood pressure
The second (lower) value(85) represents blood pressure during the heart relaxation(diastolein Greek) and is calleddiastolic blood pressure

For an adult (18 years or older), any blood pressure should be between 120/80 and 90/60, measured in the sitting position on the upper arm, is considered as normal.

Standing up for a while, exercising, stress and even appointment with a doctor can increase blood pressure for more than 10 mm Hg within few minutes, so an average value from several blood pressure measurements rather than one single measurement should be considered as actual blood pressure.

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