The danger of high blood pressure in pregnant womenWritten by Jinky C. Mesias
There have been many articles written about danger of high blood pressure in pregnant women and although my article may not present an entirely new concept I still hope that this article of mine will be able to help in providing further awareness especially among expecting mothers on danger brought about by high blood pressure. The first thing that we ought to know is what exactly is high blood pressure? High blood pressure is termed for blood pressure readings that are greater than 140mm Hg systolic over 90 mm Hg diastolic or 140/90. High blood pressure is also known as hypertension and contributes to development of coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure as well as kidney diseases. Although there have been little known effects on babies of pregnant mothers with hypertension however fact still remains that hypertension can be dangerous for both mother as well as fetus. Pregnant women especially those with pre-existing or chronic high blood pressure are more likely to experience complications during duration of their pregnancy compared to those pregnant women with normal blood pressure. However, there are some cases wherein some women develop high blood pressure while they are pregnant and this kind of high blood pressure is called gestational hypertension.
| | How to measure blood pressureWritten by Jinky C. Mesias
Measuring blood pressure is a painless and simple procedure that most of us have taken at some point of our lives. Moreover, information derived from such simple procedure provides us with useful information regarding condition of our heart as well as condition of our blood vessels. You might be wondering by now how your blood pressure was measured. In measuring your blood pressure your doctor have told you that your blood pressure let us just say for example is 120/80. The 120 represents systolic or maximum pressure in an artery at moment when your heart is beating and pumping blood through body while 80 represents diastolic which is lowest pressure in an artery in moments between beats when heart is resting. Both systolic as well as diastolic plays a vital role in measuring your blood pressure since a raise in either of two will signify that you have high blood pressure or hypertension. Measuring blood pressure also requires certain steps to follow. First, it is important for person who will have his/her blood pressure taken be relaxed as well as comfortably seated, with his/her arm well supported. However, in some especial cases patients are allowed to lay on an examination couch during measurement of his/her blood pressure. The steps in measuring blood pressure are as follows: 1.A cuff that inflates is wrapped around upper arm and then it is kept in place by a Velcro and there is a tube that leads out of inflatable cuff to a rubber bulb. This rubber bulb is one used to inflate cuffs.
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