what is high blood pressure?!


Question: What is high blood pressure?
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Optimum BP in adults is ≤20/80. Anything PERSISTENTLY above this is elevated. Treatment level BP is ≥ 160/90 or above 120/80 in a diabetic.

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When your heart has got to work faster than normal and if the high blood pressure is not controlled it can cause a stroke or heart attack and it is usually caused by hardening of the arteries(a bad diet) - Why?



when your heart beats faster than normal so it pumps blood around your body faster causing you to have a high blood pressure

your blood pressure can be reduced by making your heart healthier and a healthier heart is achieved by exersize like running



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