What is blood pressure?!
Question: And what are some factors that can influence it?
Answers: And what are some factors that can influence it?
It is the measure of pressure on your arteries when your heart is beating (systolic) and when it is at rest (diastolic)
Some factors that can increase it are
Obesity
A sedentary lifestyle (being a couch potato)
High Salt intake
Smoking
Family History of heart problems and high blood pressure
"high blood pressure" is a condition in which the pressure of the blood in the arteries (blood vessels) is above normal. In terms of numbers, a resting blood pressure of 140/90 or greater in an adult is usually considered to be high or abnormal.
high blood pressure, can be due to a change in any of these mechanisms: Vasculature: peripheral muscular resistance, Neural components: central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, peripheral autoregulatory components (renal, tissue), and Humeral mechanism (rennin