Blood Pressure Remedies

i know the top number is systolic and the bottom is diastolic but what do they mean?????

HI CYRUS,

THE POINT OF RECORDING A BLOOD PRESSURE IS TO MEASURE THE PRESSURE OF BLOOD IN YOUR ARTERIES.

THE HEART PUMPS BLOOD OUT INTO THE ARTERIES AND THE ARTERY WALLS ARE ELASTIC SO THEY WILL EXPAND ACCORDINGLY.

THE HEART WILL PUMP THEN REST, PUMP THEN REST. THE IDEA IS THAT YOU RECORD THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE WHEN THE HEART RESTS AND ALSO WHEN IT PUMPS. OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT PUMPS THE PRESSURE WILL BE GREATER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A GUSH OF BLOOD ENTERING A VESSEL WITH A GOOD DEAL OF PRESSURE.

THE TOP FIGURE (SYSTOLIC) IS MEASURING THE PRESSURE AS THE BLOOD GUSHES OUT DURING THE PUMPING ACTION AND THE BOTTOM FIGURE MEASURES THE PRESSURE WHEN THE HEART RESTS BEFORE THE NEXT PUMP. I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP THIS EXPLANATION AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE RATHER THAN GET TOO TECHNICAL SO I HOPE I HAVE TOLD YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW.

LOVE MEL.X

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