Question

would a patient have high or low blood pressure and why?

Answer 1

Blood pressure is the peripheral resistance on blood vessel wall by flowing blood. It's normal value is 80(diastolic)/120 mm Hg(systolic) There is systolic and diastolic blood pressure. If systolic blood pressure is above 120 mm Hg , and diastolic blood pressure above 80, it is high blood pressure. There are various reasons for high blood pressure. They are nutritional factors like more intake of salts,fatty food, hormonal disturbances, few drugs, stress etc. If systolic blood pressure is below 90 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure below 60 mm Hg, it is low blood pressure. Major reasons for it are dehydration, blood loss, parathormone disturbances, pregnancy etc. There is chance for any patient to have low or high blood pressure, based on underlying medical conditions.