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Check blood pressure daily with a blood pressure monitor and document results on a blood pressure log. Doing these things are good starts in managing Hypertension and can even help to lower blood pressure. Being aware is always key in maintaining a normal blood pressure. When taking your blood pressure there will be a systolic and a diastolic number. Always remember the systolic blood pressure is the top number and is the pressure when the heart pushes blood out into the arteries. The lower number is the diastolic blood pressure, or the pressure when the heart rests. Try to think of diastolic as a (D) for down meaning lower number reading. |
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