Understanding
Blood Pressure…
Understand the Risks
By: Caroline Webster
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How to measure your blood pressure
Factors Affecting Blood-Pressure
How can you control your Blood
Pressure/ Treatment options?
Measuring Blood Pressure…
Controlling your Blood Pressure…
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Factors affecting blood pressure:
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Stress:
a.
Your body produces two main hormones
during a stressful situation (Epinephrine) and
(Cortisol)
b.
These hormones cause blood vessels to
constrict causes your blood-pressure to rise
Systolic (the top number is the higher
number) It measures the pressure in
the arteries
Diastolic (the bottom number) is the
lower of the two numbers
Systolic
The top number, which is also the higher of
the two numbers, measures the pressure in
the arteries when the heart beats (when the
heart muscle contracts).
a.
Nicotine in cigarettes causes a short term
increase in blood pressure.
Diastolic
b.
However long term cigarette smokers may
face low blood-pressure because Nicotine
decreases appetite
The bottom number, which is also the lower
of the two numbers, measures the pressure
in the arteries between heartbeats (when
the heart muscle is resting between beats
and refilling with blood).
Exercise
b.
Exercising will higher your blood-pressure for
a short time then will become normal quickly.
The quicker your blood-pressure lowers after
physical activity the fitter you are.
If you are overweight doctors may
recommend medications over exercise at first
Caffeine
a.
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Foods that contain omega-3 oils eg. Flax seed
Skim Milk
Sunflower seeds they are a great source of
magnesium
Bananas
Potatoes
Spinach
Smoking
a.
4.
Choose heart-healthy foods
Blood pressure is recorded as two
numbers:
Caffeine causes your adrenal glands to
release more adrenaline which causes and
increase in blood-pressure
2.
Medications
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Sometimes being active and changing your diet
is enough however you may need to take
blood-pressure medication to lower it more
Medications such as
o Diuril
o Lasix
o Microzide
o Zaroxolyn
Alcohol
a.
Having more than three drinks causes your
blood pressure to rise because
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Lasix*
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hydrochlorothiazide
Esidrix*, Hydrodiuril*,
WHAT is Low Blood pressure?
Low Blood Pressure is known as hypotension
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The blood supply is not sufficient