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and education regarding hypertension, also known as high blood pressure. It is not intended as a
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your doctor is talking about, what he or she may be thinking about and
why you may or may not have been prescribed medication. You will learn
the proper terminology and physiology as well as the benefits of therapy, how various medications work and some of their
more common side effects.
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What is Blood Pressure?
Blood Pressure is literally the pressure exerted by your blood stream against the walls of your blood vessels. Your blood circulates through your body via an elastic pipe system of arteries, capillaries and veins. The heart acts as a pump to squeeze the blood in a forward direction throughout your body. In doing so, the blood travels through the arteries to your organs and muscles. The bloodstream supplies oxygen, nutrients and a defense system and helps transport waste products produced by our muscles and organs. The blood returns to the heart via the veins. When doctors refer to your blood pressure, they mean the pressure in your major arteries unless otherwise stated.------->more basics of hypertension