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  1. High blood pressure (hypertension) - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    A blood pressure reading measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats (top number, called systolic pressure) and between heartbeats (bottom number ...

  2. Blood pressure chart: What your reading means - Mayo Clinic

    †These recommendations address high blood pressure as a single health condition. If you also have heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease or certain ...

  3. Low blood pressure (hypotension) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    This is a sudden drop in blood pressure when standing up after sitting or lying down. Causes include dehydration, long-term bed rest, pregnancy, certain medical ...

  4. High blood pressure (hypertension) - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    If you have high blood pressure, the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls is consistently too high. The heart has to work harder to pump blood.

  5. High blood pressure dangers: Hypertension's effects on your body - Mayo Clinic

    High blood pressure can narrow and damage the arteries that supply blood to the heart. This damage is known as coronary artery disease. Too little blood flow to ...

  6. Elevated blood pressure - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    If your blood pressure is slightly elevated, eating better and moving more can help prevent prehypertension from becoming high blood pressure.

  7. Blood pressure test - Mayo Clinic

    A blood pressure test may be done as a part of a routine health checkup or as a screening for high blood pressure, also called hypertension. Some people use ...

  8. Exercise: A drug-free approach to lowering high blood pressure - Mayo Clinic

    Exercise is a drug-free way to lower blood pressure. Here are tips on getting started.

  9. Stress and high blood pressure: What's the connection? - Mayo Clinic

    And symptoms of depression and anxiety might cause some people to forget to take medicines to control high blood pressure or other heart conditions. Stress can ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Minute: Know your blood pressure numbers

    Fortunately, high blood pressure, also called hypertension, can be detected easily through a common test conducted during a visit with your health care provider ...