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You
have your blood pressure taken almost every time you visit your healthcare
provider’s office. It’s recommended that a healthy adult
woman get her blood pressure taken at least every two years. Blood
pressure is measured in two parts: systolic and diastolic; these
are represented by the two numbers in your results. Sometimes you’ll
hear people refer to systolic and diastolic when discussing blood
pressure. Simply put, when someone tells you your blood pressure,
they say something like, “Your blood pressure is 120/80.” This
top number (120 in this example) is your systolic blood pressure,
and the bottom number (80 in this example) is your diastolic blood
pressure. Checking your blood pressure can detect hypertension, the
condition of having high blood pressure. If you go without detected
or treated high blood pressure, your risk for developing heart attack
and failure, kidney damage and stroke increases. High blood pressure
is treated through diet, exercise and some medication. |
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