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4 Blood pressure
4.1 What is blood pressure?
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted on the artery tube while blood
flows through the arteries. The pressure measured when the heart
contracts and sends blood out of the heart is systolic (highest). The
pressure measured when the heart dilates with blood flowing back into
the heart is called diastolic (lowest) blood pressure.
4.2 Why measure your blood pressure?
Among the various health problems afflicting modern people, problems
associated with high blood pressure are by far the most common. High
blood pressure's dangerously strong correlation with cardiovascular
diseases and high morbidity has made measuring blood pressures a
necessity of identifying those at risk.
4.3 Blood pressure fluctuation
Blood pressure fluctuates all the time!
You should not be worried if you encountered two or three
measurements at high levels. Blood pressure changes over the month
and even throughout the day depending on circumstances (state of
mind, temperature, ...)