Everyone with high blood pressure (130/80 or higher) should have a home blood pressure monitor. Home monitoring can help you ...
The stages of hypertension include elevated, stage 1, stage 2 and hypertensive crisis. These readings are above 120/80 mm Hg.
Blood pressure numbers indicate the pressure measured when your heart beats (systolic), and in between the beats (diastolic).
Dr. Jeremy Wigginton, Chief Medical Officer at Capital Blue Cross, stresses the necessity of annual blood pressure checks, ...