Systolic And Diastolic Blood Pressure

Question 1

Systolic blood pressure

Answer 1

Force of blood pushing against your artery walls when your heart beats

Question 2

Diastolic blood pressure

Answer 2

Pressure in your arteries between heart beats, when your heart rests

Question 3

What is the top number

Answer 3

Systolic

Question 4

How to measure systolic

Answer 4

When your heart is contracting, and pushing blood in your arteries

Question 5

How to measure diastolic

Answer 5

Measured when heart is resting and filling with blood

Question 6

Why is systolic more important

Answer 6

It reflects the force produced by the heart to get the blood to the body

Question 7

Blood pressure

Answer 7

Forced exerted by the blood on the walls of the arteries, whilst the heart pumps it around the body

Question 8

Hypertension

Answer 8

High blood pressure, systolic higher than 140 and diastolic higher than 90

Question 9

Hypotension

Answer 9

Low Blood pressure systolic lower than 110 and diastolic lower than 70

Question 10

Consequences of high blood pressure

Answer 10

Stroke, heart attack, kidney damage

Question 11

Consequences of low blood pressure

Answer 11

-Cardio conditions
-underlying health conditions
-can cause symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, weakness, fatigue, blurred vision, pale and cold skin