There are many reasons one could have high blood pressure. Being overweight, and kidney disease are just two explanations. It is best to consult your doctor. Chronic high blood pressure is known as the silent killer because if it isn't treated it can lead to all sorts of problems like Heart disease.
Well it mean that when your heart pump the blood it's putting too much pressure through the arteries than it normally is. which is bad for your body.
BP stands for blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force in a person's arteries when the heart beats (systolic) and the force in the arteries when at rest (diastolic). High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. In an adult, a bp less than or equal to 140 systolic/90 diastolic, is called high blood pressure. Blood Pressure Category Systolic
(mm Hg) Diastolic
(mm Hg) Normal less than 120 and less than 80 Prehypertension 120-139 or 80-89 High Stage 1 140-159 or 90-99 Stage 2 160 or higher or 100 or higher Information and table from http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2112
blood prrssure means when the blood pressure is above the normal level.
the blood pressure in your arteries is too high
A complication of a low heart rate or "Bradycardia" is high blood pressure.
This would mean that the person has high blood pressure and the medical term for this is hypertension.
This would mean that the person has high blood pressure and the medical term for this is hypertension.
High blood pressure.
I am assuming you mean 134/100. This would be considered high blood pressure (hypertension).
Just on the High blood pressure reading. Click on "Blood pressure" under "Related links" below.
Yes, high blood pressure is inherited, but this does not automatically mean that you will develop it yourself if most of your family members have it.
(you mean "do areteries pump blood at a high pressure?") areteries do pump blood at high pressure when they are entering the heart.but it flows out at a slower pressure as it is entering the capillaries.the arteries a very narrow tubes and so for a successful flow the blood pumps into the heart quickly.
I take it you mean on your blood pressure readings? The bottom number is the pressure the blood is returning to the heart.
regular/ often/ constant high blood pressure
Translation: hipertensión (High blood pressure)