Extreme blood pressure is mount in force enforced by flowing blood on the present artery walls as a normal reaction to strain or physical activity. But, if this pressure remains stably high (high blood pressure as it is known), it can exhaust your arteries and heart. High blood pressure results in heart attacks and strokes.

Blood Pressure Reading

Physicians record blood pressure as two values, the systolic (the blood pressure when it passes the artery from the heart) and the diastolic (the pressure when the heart ventricles repose betwixt beats). Millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) is the measuring unit of blood pressure.

Above average Blood Pressure is explained in an adult as a blood pressure higher or equal to 140 mm Hg systolic pressure, or greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg diastolic pressure. However, a blood pressure reading greater than 140/90 determines hypertension and is observed strange at any age.