Hypertension
Physiotherapy
What is Blood Pressure?
Blood pressure is the pressure that the blood gives to the artery walls.
It is measured using 2 numbers:
- Systolic blood pressure is the one that is measured when the heart beats.
- Diastolic blood pressure is the one that is measured when the heart rests between beats.
- Normal blood pressure level is below 120/80 mmHg.
What is Hypertension?
There are 5 categories that is recognized by the American Heart Association:
BLOOD PRESSURE CATEGORY | SYSTOLIC BP | DIASTOLIC BP | |
NORMAL | LESS THAN 120 | and | LESS THAN 80 |
ELEVATED | 120-129 | and | LESS THAN 80 |
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | 130-139 | or | 80-89 |
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
| 140 OR HIGHER | or | 90 OR HIGHER |
HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS | HIGHER THAN 180 | and/or | HIGHER THAN 120 |
Why is Hypertension BAD?
HBP: High Blood Pressure
CHF: Chronic Heart Failure
•It increases the risk of stroke in the brain
•It leads to heart failure and heart attack
•It is associated with memory loss and dementia from these narrowed or blocked arteries
•It causes vision loss
•It leads to renal failure
•It causes sexual dysfunction
What causes Hypertension?
