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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.
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∙ 15y agoBP 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
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∙ 15y agoblood prrssure means when the blood pressure is above the normal level.
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What is mean arterial blood pressure?
the blood pressure in your arteries is too high
What does it mean to have a low heart rate and high blood pressure?
A complication of a low heart rate or "Bradycardia" is high blood pressure.
When the pressure of blood pumping through the blood vessels is constantly high the condition is known as?
This would mean that the person has high blood pressure and the medical term for this is hypertension.
What is the pressure of blood pumping through the blood vessels is constantly too high?
This would mean that the person has high blood pressure and the medical term for this is hypertension.
What does pulsing neck veins mean?
High blood pressure.
What does the blood pressure 134 over 100 mean?
I am assuming you mean 134/100. This would be considered high blood pressure (hypertension).
What does 152 over 78 in blood pressure mean?
Just on the High blood pressure reading. Click on "Blood pressure" under "Related links" below.
Can high blood pressure be hereditary?
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.
Does artery pumps blood at high pressure?
(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.
When the bottom number is high does that mean that the heart is beating to fast?
I take it you mean on your blood pressure readings? The bottom number is the pressure the blood is returning to the heart.
What do mean by hypotension?
regular/ often/ constant high blood pressure
What does hypertension in spanish mean?
Translation: hipertensión (High blood pressure)
