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merely checking my blood pressure sir
yes kitty hey dear friends I'm sure you
must have seen your elders acting
strangely and screaming that their blood
pressure is rising or falling but have
you ever wondered what does that mean so
in today's episode let us measure the
fluctuating world of blood in our body
and answer the question what causes
blood pressure zoom in we are aware of
the fact that our body consists of two
black tunnels called blood vessels that
carry the oxygen and nutrition rich
blood throughout the body to facilitate
this journey our heart plays a vital
role by beating and pumping the blood
through the arteries which exerts the
force on the muscular walls of the blood
vessels and this exerted force is called
blood pressure
when the heart squeezes and pushes blood
into the vessels blood pressure goes up
this is known as the systolic blood
pressure and when the heart relaxes the
blood pressure goes down which is known
as diastolic blood pressure now this
flow of blood is unstable and changes
from time to time directly impacting the
physical and mental health of an
individual so to keep track of the flow
these pressures are recorded in the form
of millimeters of mercury and are
symbolized as mm Hg for a healthy person
the systolic blood pressure is between
90 to 120 mm Hg and diastolic pressure
is between 60 to 80 mm Hg and the ideal
average of both the pressure is
considered to be a little less than 120
by 80 mm Hg I know what you guys are
thinking so what is high and low blood
pressure all about well let me explain
well if the systolic pressure increases
above 120 mm Hg and diastolic pressure
increases above 80 mm Hg then the person
is said to be suffering from high blood
pressure or hypertension but what causes
this increased pressure in our body well
there are many reasons behind it such as
you can get it from your parents or if
you adopt an unhealthy lifestyle like an
uneven sleeping pattern stress consuming
unhealthy food etc but the severe cause
behind hypertension is an increase in
the level of salt in your body
yes the salt works on your kidneys to
make your body hold on to more water
this extra amount of liquid increases
the blood volume and blood pressure
causing hypertension now let's learn
about low blood pressure when the
systolic pressure drops below 90 mmHg
and diastolic pressure drops below 60 mm
Hg the individual suffers from low blood
pressure the causes of low blood
pressure could be thyroid conditions
such as parathyroid disease adrenal
insufficiency low blood sugar and in
some cases diabetes apart from that when
your body loses more water than its
intake it can cause weakness dizziness
and fatigue losing a lot of blood such
as from a major injury or internal
bleeding reduces the amount of blood in
your body leading to a severe drop in
blood pressure and both the conditions
can harm your health and can be
dangerous but the most vital question is
what can we do to maintain the ideal
level of blood pressure well it's way
more simple than you think yes to
overcome the problem of high blood
pressure you should meditate and
exercise regularly eat a healthy diet
and most importantly reduce the use of
sodium content in your food and to
overcome the problem of low blood
pressure all you need to do is drink the
right amount of water wear compression
stockings and reduce the amount of blood
that gets caught in the lower legs and
feet increase the right amount of salt
in food
avoid standing still in place for long
periods and lastly exercise and play to
promote blood flow throughout time did
you know if you line up all your blood
vessels they'd be ninety five thousand
kilometres long and you won't believe
your blood vessels carry the equivalent
of over 75 thousand liters of blood hope
you learned a lot from today's episode
until next time it's me dr. by Knox
zooming out never mind
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