Blood Pressure Explained

When my blood pressure was a constant struggle, I used to wonder when you should go to the hospital for blood pressure. It wasn't an enjoyable thought and it would cause me more stress thinking about...

Before I learned how to lower blood pressure in minutes there were stressful moments where I knew my BP had to be higher. Sometimes a series of events or a stressful situation is a guarantee to raise...

Many times after seeing my blood pressure measurement, I wondered which blood pressure number is more important. If you've wondered the same thing, especially if one number was higher than it should,...

Hypertensive crisis is the most serious of the five BP categories. If your BP ever reaches hypertensive crisis, you're going to do one of two things, call a doctor or 911. It depends on your symptoms...

The other day at work someone told me their blood pressure was in the high blood pressure range. I asked them which one, stage 1 or stage 2? Like most, he didn't know there were two stages. Since...

I've been talking to many of the patients where I work and many don't know there are two different high BP ranges. The BP numbers recently changed in 2017 and there are new numbers differentiating...