- About 1.28 billion adults worldwide have high blood pressure, or hypertension.
- Medications and various lifestyle changes are common treatments for hypertension.
- New research presented at a recent American Heart Association conference found that blood pressure increases in the winter compared to the summer months.
- Researchers say seasonal variation in blood pressure may require additional physician monitoring and changes to medications or lifestyle changes.
New research presented at the American Heart Association’s
Researchers believe these seasonal variations in blood pressure may require more physician monitoring and treatment modifications.
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When people have high blood pressure, their blood has difficulty circulating through the body. This can increase a person’s risk for cardiovascular diseases and other complications.
Blood pressure measures the amount of pressure placed against the walls of the arteries as blood flows through them.
A person’s blood pressure measurement is comprised of two different numbers:
- the top number is the
systolic blood pressure , measuring the maximum pressure in the arteries when a person’s heart beats or contracts - the bottom number is the
diastolic blood pressure , measuring the lowest pressure in the arteries while the heart is relaxed.
Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).
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High blood pressure can sometimes occur without any symptoms,…
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