{"id":10167,"date":"2021-05-06T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/?p=10167"},"modified":"2021-05-06T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:56:38","slug":"understanding-blood-pressure-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/understanding-blood-pressure-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels as your heart pumps. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is when the force against the blood vessels is too high, making your heart work harder. High blood pressure can lead to heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and other complications. Controlling your blood pressure and knowing your numbers are very important to your overall health.<\/p>\n

Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers<\/strong>
\nTalk with your doctor about your blood pressure, how often you should check it, and any lifestyle or medication changes needed to help manage it. The chart below can help explain blood pressure ranges, and what to look out for when checking blood pressure at home.<\/p>\n

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Source: American Heart Association (www.heart.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

How to Take Your Own Blood Pressure at Home<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have an automatic blood pressure monitor, you can take your blood pressure measurement at home. As part of regular monitoring for control, you can self-report your blood pressure numbers to your doctor during a telehealth visit, if appropriate.<\/p>\n

For an accurate reading when checking blood pressure at home, be sure to do the following:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Empty your bladder first (full bladder adds 10 mm Hg)
\n\u2022\u00a0Use the correct cuff size and put it on your bare arm
\n\u2022\u00a0Support your arm on a table\/desk at heart level
\n\u2022\u00a0Keep your legs uncrossed and do not talk
\n\u2022\u00a0If your reading seems high, wait 15 minutes\u00a0and re-check to confirm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels as your heart pumps. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is when the force against the blood vessels is too high, making your heart work harder. High blood pressure can lead to heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blood-pressure-at-home.jpg?fit=1047%2C864&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-2DZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10177,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167\/revisions\/10177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}