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Systolic BP should always be higher than diastolic BP.
The number on the top is the systolic blood pressure and the number on the bottom is the diastolic blood pressure. The systolic BP is the pressure in the arteries right when the blood is pumped out of the heart, therefore the pressure is bigger. The diastolic BP is the pressure in the arteries after the blood has been pumped out and before the next heart contraction. At this moment, the heart is relaxed and the pressure is much lower.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoBoth are, but diastolic is bit more important.
If your systolic is above 140mm - and Diastolic is up at over 90mm.
Please see a doctor to cure your high blood pressure sign Asap.
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∙ 10y agoYes, systolic pressure is higher than diastolic pressure.
Systolic pressure is measured when the heart contracts (and so the blood is under maximum pressure), and diastolic pressure is measured when the heart relaxes (between beats).
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∙ 11y agoSystolic pressure is the blood pressure at the end of systole (i.e at the end of a heart beat), the maximum pressure. Diastolic pressure is the minimum pressure that occurs at the beginning of diastole.
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∙ 13y agoSystolic, the top and high number, is the most important factor in blood pressure readings. It determines whether an individual has hypertension, or high blood pressure. Systolic is the maximum force exerted by the heart on blood vessels while diastolic is the resting phase of the heart between beats. Before the new millennium it was believed that diastolic was more important.
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∙ 12y agoSystolic blood pressure, the first or top number, is the pressure while the heart is pumping, and the diastolic pressure, the second or bottom number, is the pressure between pumps.
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∙ 11y agoDiastolic
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What is the medical term meaning difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure reading?
Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings.
What is cyanosis and where is it found?
what's the difference between systolic and diastolic
What is a sentence using the word diastolic?
The systolic pressure is the upper number, while diastolic is the lower number.His diastolic pressure climbed to 120 in a blood pressure of 220/120.The woman's diastolic blood pressure fell with a large gap between the systolic and diastolic pressures.
How do you determine Morning Resting Heart Rate?
Its the difference between your systolic and diastolic readiing.
What is widening pulse pressure?
When diastolic blood pressure (the lower BP number) is subtracted from the systolic blood pressure (the higher BP number), and the value is 60 or more, there is a widened pulse pressure. With persistently widened pulse pressures, individuals are at increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular (stroke) events.
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 are the guides lines for hypertension?
140 and above on top number (systolic), 90 and above on bottom number (diastolic). There is a relatively new term called pre-hypertension that classifies systolic pressures between 120 - 139 and diastolic between 80 - 89 in an at risk for developing hypertension category.
What is pulse pressure?
Pulse pressure is the pressure that is felt when feeling the pulse. Measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg), the pressure difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is the pressure change to create the pulse, which is the pulse pressure.
Where will one find diastolic blood pressure on a meter?
Blood pressure has both diastolic and systolic readings on a meter. The expected readings of a healthy individual are below 120 for systolic and under 80 for diastolic. Diastolic measures the resting moments between beats while the systolic measures the beat. On the meter, systolic is the upper number and diastolic is the lower one.
What causes a high diastolic but low systolic reading?
When a person is evaluated for high blood pressure), 2 values are recorded: systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Systolic (the higher number) is the pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts; diastolic (the lower number) is the pressure when the heart rests between contractions. A blood pressure reading is recorded as systolic /diastolic pressure, or "systolic over diastolic." Both systolic and diastolic blood pressures are measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). An example of how to read a blood pressure measurement is "120 mmHg/80 mmHg" or "120 over 80." High blood pressure in adults is defined as having either a systolic pressure of 140 mmHg or more, or having a diastolic pressure of 90 mmHg or more. In some people with high blood pressure, both systolic and diastolic pressures are high. However, older people often have a higher systolic pressure with a normal. This condition is called isolated systolic hypertension, which is still considered high blood pressure. In older adults because the arteries reduce in elasticity, they do not expand as easily causing an increase in the systolic blood pressure (Imagine the same quantity of blood flowing through a vessel that doesn't expand. It gets really crammed in there causing systolic blood pressure to increase). But because diastolic pressure is the minimum pressure exerted on the arteries during diastole, there isn't much distension and contraction of the arteries. Thus, reduced elasticity does not effect diastolic pressure causing a normal blood pressure reading.
Why is there a variation in systolic and diastolic pressure among members in different age groups and different genders?
As we age, our arteries lose the elasticity that allows the systolic/diastolic to be within the norms. Without that flexibility, the differences between systolic & diastolic will be greater. Such as the diastolic will decrease. The normal upper limit of pulse pressure is 60 mm. In example: 120/80 would be only 40. Well within. With hardening of the arteries, the difference might be something like 120/50-60, and so forth. This explains the differences between age groups. Different genders don't make any difference.
High systolic low diastolic?
"Normal" blood pressure is somewhere between 90/60 and 140/90. Systolic - the top number Diastolic - the bottom number Systolic pressure is when the heart is contracted and squeezing blood out of the heart. Diastolic pressure is when the heart is relaxed and letting blood flow into the heart.
