Q. How to diagnose hypertension?

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Normally, when your heart beats, the blood is pumped out of the heart to course through the vessels and spread all over your body. The blood pushed out by the heart in turn pushes against the sides of the blood vessels. The push of blood in the vessel causes pressure on the wall of the vessels. This pressure of blood on the containing vessels is blood pressure.

Blood vessels are flexible and can widen or constrict to adjust the flow of the blood, thereby keeping the blood pressure normal despite the initiation of the problem for a long time. It also helps to keep blood flowing well. When the push of the blood on the vessels becomes too high, or the compliance and the elasticity of the vessels are not sufficient to contain it, the blood pressure may rise gradually. This is hypertension or high blood pressure. There are several reasons for the same.

Blood pressure changes throughout the day, and with the level of activity being performed, etc. To diagnose hypertension, you can measure your blood pressure. The upper value is systolic BP and the lower value is diastolic BP.

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