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Blood Pressure and Sugar have a major role to play in to day’s Life.

These two are only manageable and can not be contained.

Yet the facts presented to us are confusing and at times contradictory.

Let us look at some facts.

What is Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure refers to the force of  Blood against your Artey Walls as it Courses through your body.

How is it measured?

It has two numbers.

One is Systolic,

or the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats and fills them with blood. The second number measures diastolic pressure, or the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats.

Normal blood pressure rises steadily from about 90/60 at birth to about 120/80 in a healthy adult. If someone were to take your blood pressure immediately after you’d delivered a speech or jogged five miles, the reading would undoubtedly seem high. This is not necessarily cause for alarm: It’s natural for blood pressure to rise and fall with changes in activity or emotional state.

It’s also normal for blood pressure to vary from person to person, even from one area of your body to another. But when blood pressure remains consistently high, talk with your doctor about treatment. Consistently high blood pressure forces the heart to work far beyond its capacity. Along with injuring blood vessels, hypertension can damage the brain, eyes, and kidneys.

People with blood pressure readings of 140/90 or higher, taken on at least two occasions, are said to have high blood pressure. If the pressure remains high, your doctor will probably begin treatment. People with blood pressure readings of 200/130 or higher need treatment immediately. People with diabetes are treated if their blood pressure rises above 130/80, because they already have a high risk of heart disease.

Normal Range:

A normal systolic blood pressure is below 120.

A systolic blood pressure of 120 to 139 means you have pre- hypertension borderline high blood pressure.

Even people with prehypertension are at a higher risk of developing heart disease.

A systolic blood pressure number of 140 or higher is considered to be hypertension, or high blood pressure.

What Does the Diastolic Blood Pressure Number Mean?

The diastolic blood pressure number or the bottom number indicates the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats.

A normal diastolic blood pressure number is less than 80.

A diastolic blood pressure between 80 and 89 indicates prehypertension.

A diastolic blood pressure number of 90 or higher is considered to be hypertension or high blood pressure.

• If your blood pressure is normal (less than 120/80), get it checked at least every 2 years or more frequently as your doctor suggests.
• If your blood pressure is borderline high — systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 or diastolic blood pressure of 80 to 89 — check it at least every year or more often as your doctor suggests.
• If your blood pressure is 140/90 or higher, talk with your doctor as this is high blood pressure and requires a doctor’s attention.

As Blood Pressure changes during various times of the day,moods,depends on food take, it is advisable to take BP checked at various times before going in for medication.

How often?

• If your blood pressure is normal (less than 120/80), get it checked at least every 2 years or more frequently as your doctor suggests.
• If your blood pressure is borderline high — systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 or diastolic blood pressure of 80 to 89 — check it at least every year or more often as your doctor suggests.
• If your blood pressure is 140/90 or higher, talk with your doctor as this is high blood pressure and requires a doctor’s attention.

Before you take your blood pressure, it’s recommended to avoid caffeine, cigarettes, and exercise for at least 30 minutes prior to the test.

When you take your blood pressure at home, sit up straight in a chair and place both feet on the floor. Make sure your arm is supported on a table or an even surface. Place the top of the arm at the level of your heart. Ask your doctor or nurse to show you the proper way to position your arm, so you get accurate readings.

When you monitor your blood pressure at home, take it at the same time of day so the readings are more constant. Then, take several readings about one minute apart. Be sure to write down these readings in a journal.

Source Web MD.

I have not provided information on the medicines to be taken as your Doctor knows what’s best for your body,no off the shelf or standard medicine is advisable.