GB-47
1. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure value
Heart and blood circulation has the important task of
supplying all organs and tissues of the body suffici-
ently with blood and of transporting away products of
metabolism.
For this purpose, the heart contracts and expands
again approx. 60 - 80 times per minute in a regular
rhythm. The pressure of the flowing blood which
results at the artery walls from the contraction of the
heart is designated as a systole.
The pressure in the following relaxation phase, when
the heart is filled with blood again, is designated
as a diastole. With your daily measurement, you
determine both values.
2. Why measure different values?
Our blood pressure reacts as a sensitive instrument
to external and internal influences. Even insignificant
changes can have an effect. That makes it under-
standable why values measured by the doctor or
chemist are frequently higher than those taken at
home in your usual environment. However, weather
changes, change of climate, physical and psychological
pressures can also have an effect.
3. Why measure blood pressure regularly?
The time of day also has an influence on the level of
the blood pressure. During the day, the values are
mostly higher than during the rest phase at night.
What you should know about blood pressure
What you should know about blood pressure
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