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What does it mean when you have high blood pressure with a low heart rate For example my BP is around 165 over 110 and my heart rate is around 45 bpm?
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Blood pressure is measured to determine the pressure your arteries are having on your blood flow. Think of your arteries like a straw; if the straw is wide open fluid can freely move throughout the straw. This would result in a normal blood pressure typically anything under 120/80 is ideal. This is due to the fact that the heart doesn't have to do any additional work to force the blood through the artery.
Now if the straw has food or plaque adhered to the inside that's creating an obstruction blocking blood flow. This means your heart has to do a lot more work to pump through that straw. This causes the heart muscle to thicken and enlarge which results in the heart becoming weaker over time.
Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and arterial aneurysms, and is the leading cause of chronic renal failure. Typically diet changes and exercise are first line therapies but your doctor will understand your condition and what's best for you.
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How is blood pressure generated that forces blood to circulate throughout the body?
Blood pressure is generated by the heart. When the heart muscles contract, they create pressure to push blood around the circulatory system.
How does blood circulate around the lower arm and hand?
Blood pumps down and through the vessels in your hands by the pressure your heart pumps the blood from your heart. When you blood pressure is low then the blood isn't pumping with enough pressure.
What does nicotine do to your heart rate?
It affects the heart and blood pressure by increases them both. An increased heart rate and blood pressure can be serious depending on how much it increases them both. It increases heart rate and blood pressure and increases the workload on the heart
If heart baet is high so is it necssary that blood pressure should also be high?
No not always. If someone is bleeding badly for example their blood pressure will be low but heart rate high as a compensation. Blood pressure and heart rate are usually inversly related.
What does the 3 numbers blood pressure reading mean?
The upper reading is the systolic blood pressure while the lower reading is the diastolic blood pressure. Systole is the contraction of the heart while diastole is the relaxation of the heart.
What is the difference from systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure?
Systolic (the higher number) is a reading of the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart is beating at its maximum strength. Diastolic (the lower number) tells you what the pressure is in your blood vessels when your heart is at rest.
What controls venous blood pressure?
The heart. All blood pressure is controlled by the heart.
What is differenc between the blood pressure and heartbeat?
The heart beat is the beating of the heart. Blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart beat causes the blood to push against the blood vessels.
What does blood pH have to do with blood pressure?
everything. Heart races to carry blood around to put off low pH "fires" around the body.
What is meant by the term blood pressure and to know what causes changes to it?
The heart pumps around the body to supply it with oxygen and nutrients as well as to remove waste products such as carbon dioxide and urea. The heart pumps the blood around the body under pressure- this is measured at 2 points. The pressure when the heart is contracting- the systolic pressure and the pressure when it is resting- the diastolic pressure. Too high blood pressure can cause health problems such as a stroke (cerebral haemorrhage) or heart attack (cardiac arrest).
When heart isn't beating what's the blood pressure?
Technically, when your heart isn't beating it infers that you are dead. However if you are referring to the time where your heart is not contracting, aka. Diastole, the normal diastolic blood pressure is around 70mmHg.
What causes blood pressure to rise and heart rate and change of breathing while sleeping?
when heart rate increases, blood pressure rises. When heart rate decreases, blood pressure drops. medications, and diseases affects the blood pressure. Source: About Blood Pressure
