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MEASURE YOUR PRESSURE!
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- Published on Friday, 19 January 2018 08:39
On January 18, 2018 “Measure your pressure” campaign was held at the premises of MSPU named after I.P.Shamyakin. More than 50 staff members and students measured their pressure. Repsentatives of State Health Establishment “Mozyr Hygienic and Epidemiological Center” together with their colleques from Health Establishment “Mozyr Medical center” consulted on an issue of pressure measuring and its necessity.
What is blood pressure? As we all know, blood is circulating in the vessels. Blood pressure is usually understood as the pressure on vessel walls. There are four types of blood pressure known: intracardial pressure, capillary, venous, arterial.
As diagnosticians claim, arterial pressure is important to be investigated. Arterial pressure is created in large arteries when the heart contracted by the action of the muscles. Thus, blood current in the arteries and tissues transmit oxygen and other nutritional chemicals.
There are two parameters for arterial pressure to investigate - systolic pressure and diastolic pressure. Systolic pressure is formed in the arteries the heart shrinks at the most. Diastolic pressure is checked when the heart is relaxed.
What do we know about safe arterial pressure?
This parameter is not stable. Lots of factors must be taken into account: physical exercises, stress. Safe pressure is determined at the moments of piece.
Safe pressure can be kept during the whole life. The lowest pressure is determined in the childhood and it tends to get higher in the growing age or a pregnancy period.
Pressure and its norm depends on personal peculiarities. Please, keep it in memory and measure your pressure regularly!
