High blood pressure can increase your overall chances of death by 21%! This study will show you why.

A healthy blood pressure reading of 120 over 80 says your cardiovascular system is operating properly and doing just fine. On the other hand, readings of 120-139/80-89 are an indication of pre hypertension, and you need to know this before damage is done.

Understanding the difference between low blood pressure readings ( hypotension) and high blood pressure (hypertension) can be confusing, the two medical terms sound very similar. Although they are complete opposites both have serious medical consequences.

Where as doctors and health care worker know the risks and understand what could cause high blood pressure there often are no symptoms prior to having a heart attack.