Gamma Control - Which Values Are Normal

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treatment the complications of hypertension might be kidney damages,
breast-pang, paralytic stroke, aphasia, dementia, heart attack and stroke.
Which Values are Normal?
Monitoring your routine blood pressure trend helps you to know your
body condition. Human blood pressure naturally increases after reaching
middle age.
This symptom is a result of continuous ageing of the blood vessels. Further
causes include obesity, lack of exercise and cholesterol (LDL) adhering to
the blood vessels, diabetes. Rising blood pressure accelerates hardening
of the arteries, and the body becomes more susceptible to apoplexy and
coronary infarction.
Denitions and Classication of blood pressure levels according to
2007 ESH-ESC Practice Guidelines for the Management of Arterial
Hypertension: Data in mmHg.
Category
Systolic
(mmHg)
Diastolic (mmHg)
Optimal < 120 and < 80
Normal 120-129 and/or 80-84
High normal 130-139 and/or 85-89
Grade 1
hypertension
140-159 and/or 90-99
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00
DIA blood pressure
SYS blood pressure
Time (hours)
mmHg