What the heck is ....... High Blood Pressure Continue.....
Much of the dismay of Quentin Tarrntino fans, letting out some blood won’t relieve the pressure. Your heart is still pumping, and your blood vessels are still dilating and contracting to make sure the blood goes where it’s needed. When the pressure remains high for years on end, thin walled vessels in the brain can burst under extreme pressure: brain cells die as a result in what’s known as a haemorrhagic stroke. Or hypertension can cause plaque build-up in one of the brain’s arteries, eventually cutting off blood flow. (High blood pressure damages smooth artery walls, creating anchor points for plaque to latch onto.) Kidney failure or heart attack can also follow from dangerous plaque accumulations.
Then there’s the plain old wear and tear that high blood pressure causes on your ticker. Over time, the extra work brought on by high blood pressure causes the wall of the heart to stiffen and thicken. The heart becomes a less efficient pump, unable to push out as much blood as it takes in. Blood backs up, the heart gives out, and the coroner scribbles ‘congestive heart failure’ on your chart.
Ideally, your blood pressure should be 120 / 80 or lower. What do those numbers mean? The top number, called the systolic pressure, is the pressure generated when the heart beats. The bottom number is the diastolic pressure, the pressure on your blood vessels when the heart is resting between beats. Higher readings are broken down into three categories: