Ten > Human Circulatory System
Asked by Atith Adhikari · 2 years ago

A person has a blood pressure of 130/90 mmHg. What does this mean?

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Basanta Basanta · 2 years ago
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Solution

130 represents systolic pressure which is the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats. 90 represents diastolic pressure, which is the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest between the beats. This reading indicates that the person has high blood pressure as the reading is above the normal range which is 120/80 mmHg. So, the person has hypertension. 

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