Pregnant women can be at risk of various problems that they would probably not be worried about if they were not pregnant. These problems can include things like gestational diabetes, but also high blood pressure. Obviously, with the delicate nature of blood vessels, high blood pressure can be a big problem during pregnancy, as it [...]
Hypertension – High Blood Pressure
August 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Blood pressure is a measure of the outward force exerted by the blood on the arteries in your body. A healthy body has a blood pressure that is just enough to push the blood into all of the smaller blood vessels of your body, called capillaries. Blood pressure is created by a combination of factors [...]
Blood Pressure Medication
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Treating hypertension with medicine Everybody is different, so you should visit your doctor and get a professional diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Those people suffering from diabetes or kidney problems will have to be treated differently to others. While there are medications to lower blood pressure, it is a good idea to try the natural “lifestyle” [...]
Effects of caffeine coffee on my blood pressure
August 27, 2008 By 4 Comments
In these experiments, I used a home blood pressure monitor (upper arm cuff), to measure my blood pressure in the morning, on an empty stomach, after drinking a large cup of caffeine coffee. To prepare for each set of readings, I sat down for 5 minutes before taking the first reading. The coffee used in [...]
What is blood pressure?
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Definition: Blood pressure is simply the pressure of your blood pushing out on your arteries as the blood circulates your body. The pressure of your blood depends on a number of factors including: the force created by your heart pumping blood into your arteries the volume of your blood the resistance your blood encounters as [...]
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