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High Blood Pressure

What is blood pressure?

Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is highest when your heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is called diastolic pressure.

Your blood pressure reading uses these two numbers. Usually the systolic number comes before or above the diastolic number. For example, 120/80 means a systolic of 120 and a diastolic of 80.

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  1. High Blood Pressure (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... 120 and a diastolic of 80. How is high blood pressure diagnosed? High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. So the only way ... to some providers)130 or higheror80 or higherDangerously high blood pressure - seek medical care right away180 or higherand120 or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/highbloodpressure.html - Health Topics
  2. How to Prevent High Blood Pressure (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Many of those people don't ... no warning signs. This can be dangerous, because high blood pressure can lead to life-threatening conditions like heart ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/howtopreventhighbloodpressure.html - Health Topics
  3. Blood Pressure Medicines (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is high blood pressure? High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is when blood puts too much pressure against the walls of your arteries. Almost half of American adults ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/bloodpressuremedicines.html - Health Topics
  4. High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is high blood pressure in pregnancy? Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is when this force against your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/highbloodpressureinpregnancy.html - Health Topics
  5. High blood pressure in adults – hypertension 
    ... Hypertension is the medical term used to describe high blood pressure. Untreated high blood pressure can lead to many medical problems. These include ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000468.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. High blood pressure - what to ask your doctor 
    ... problems? What medicines am I taking to treat high blood pressure? Do they have any side effects? What should ... 26. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. High blood pressure. www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/index.htm . Updated March ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000226.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Hypertensive heart disease 
    ... refers to heart problems that occur because of high blood pressure that is present over a long time. ... High blood pressure means the pressure inside the blood vessels (called arteries) is too high. As the heart pumps ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000163.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Malignant hypertension 
    Malignant hypertension is very high blood pressure that comes on suddenly and quickly. ... disorder affects a small number of people with high blood pressure, including children and adults. It is more common ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000491.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Is High Blood Pressure Affecting Your Health? 
    ... heart and blood vessels. A common sign of high blood pressure is: The correct answer is none of the above. In most people, high blood pressure does not cause any symptoms. This means you ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/quiz/000468_38.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. High blood pressure in infants 
    High blood pressure (hypertension) is an increase in the force of blood against the arteries in the body. This article focuses on high blood pressure in infants.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007329.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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