Pressure

BLOOD PRESSURE What Is Blood Pressure? Blood pressure determines the force of the blood that pushes against the arteries walls. Blood pressure can be measured to determine if the force is just right or if it need attention. The first number measured is called the systolic, you often hear it referred to as the top number. This number measures the pressure in which your hearts pumps out the blood. The second number measured is called the diastolic blood pressure, you often hear it referred to as…

Social pressure is defined as the direct influence on people by peers, or the effect on an individual who gets encouraged to follow their peers by changing their attitudes, values, or opinions to conform to those influencing the group or individual. When faced with a situation involving outside pressure to complete a task, a person has two choices; to resist the coercion or to succumb to it. Most people have experienced and succumbed to social pressure because of many influencing factors, but…

stretch for three five-minute intervals, then their individual blood pressures will be affected and increase because the movement and use of muscles is also being increased. Results: As shown in Table 1, the blood pressures for each subject varied. Isabella’s blood pressure started out high, with her systolic rates remaining within ten points of each other, and her diastolic rates within 12 points of each other. Her beginning blood pressure was 131/91 and after five minutes of stretching, it…

encourages others to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors to conform to group norms is considered peer pressure (google). Throughout time there have been so many different developments of peer pressure. Some of these developments may contain the pressure to do corrupt or moral things. Many diverse types of people and diverse age groups all have been through the means of peer pressure. Everyone has that instant where their friends or co-workers are doing something that may be corrupt, but…

as blood pressure. Blood pressure represents the rises and falls with the phases of the heartbeat, and the heart is at its highest during systole and at rest during diastole. The systolic pressure is the measurement of when the heart muscle contracts to force blood through the arteries, while the diastolic pressure is the measurement of when the heart is at rest between beats and lowers the blood pressure to its lowest value. A human is at healthy blood pressure when their systolic pressure is…

Steel pressure tanks are very strong as they were designed to withstand a great amount of internal pressure. Because of this, it is not unusual to find that many of the larger, steel pressure tanks have been converted into unique structures or repurposed for other uses. Some of the larger steel pressure tanks have been converted into unusual, multilevel round houses. Some of these houses are elevated, while others are ground level or subterranean. Steel pressure tanks have also been adopted…

Peer Pressure Causing Teen Driving Accidents Becoming a teenager is a major milestone. Differences within one’s body and mind are just a few of the changes that go along with becoming a teenager. Fitting in and gaining friends is often difficult for all ages. Throughout the teenage years this is a common worry. Wanting to fit in and become accepted by others is a normal part of growing up. Being influenced so greatly that it affects the behavior, attitude and dress of someone is peer pressure.…

Did you know that High Blood Pressure was the number one factor for a stroke and major risk factor for heart disease? High blood pressure also known as hypertension is an often-silent cardiovascular condition that may lead to heart attack, stroke and major organ failure. Today, I would like to discuss what high blood pressure is and some of the signs and symptoms, what causes high blood pressure, and I would like to share some information in how to prevent hypertension. The first thing I would…

cardiovascular disease, in which the blood pressure is abnormally high. For a person be Hypertensive the blood pressure has to be higher than 140 over 90 mmHg, this means the systolic reading is over 140 mmHg or the diastolic reading is over 90 mmHg. The blood pressure, in mmHg:  Normal blood pressure is less than 120 systolic and when the diastolic is less than 80.  Prehypertension is 120 to 139 systolic or when the diastolic is 80 to 89.  High blood pressure stage 1 is 140 to 159 systolic…

will make a definitive diagnosis of high blood pressure after taking several measurements. Health care experts will work with you to create a management plan built on whether you were detected with primary or secondary high blood pressure and if there is a supposed or recognized reason. Treatment procedures might go forward up until blood pressure management is accomplished. If your health care provider detects you with secondary high blood pressure, he or she will work to treat the other…