Assessing High Blood Pressure For Adults - HMM Diagnostics smartLAB Manual De Instrucciones

Assessing high blood pressure for adults

The following guidelines for assessing high blood pressure (without regard to age or gen-
der) have been established by the World Health Organization (WHO). Please note that
other factors (e.g. diabetes, obesity, smoking, etc.) need to be taken into consideration.
Consult your physician for accurate assessment.
Knowledge on Blood Pressure:
Your heart is just like a pump which causes the blood to circulate
through all vessels. As a result, the blood pressure is the pressure on
the wall of the blood vessel pressed by blood. The output of blood
from the heart when it is a systole is called systolic pressure. The
blood returning to the heart when it is a diastole is called diastolic
pressure.
Bloodpressurefluctuatescontinually—dayandnight.Thehighestvalueusuallyappears
in the daytime and the lowest one usually at midnight. Typically, the value begins to in-
crease at around 3:00AM, and reaches to highest level in the daytime while most people
are awake and active.
For this reason it is recommended to measure your blood pressure each day at the same
time.
60
systolic
mmHg
severe hypertension
180
moderate hypertension
160
mild hypertension
140
high-normal BP
130
normal BP
120
80 85 90 100 110
diastolic
mmHg