What is blood pressure?
Q: What is blood pressure?
A: Blood pressure is a measurement used in medicine that measures how hard the blood is pushing against the walls of the arteries.
Q: How is blood pressure usually measured?
A: Blood pressure is usually measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg).
Q: What are the two numbers in a blood pressure reading?
A: The two numbers in a blood pressure reading are the systolic and diastolic pressures. The systolic number measures how hard the blood pushes against the walls of the arteries when the heart is beating, while diastolic measures how hard it pushes when resting between beats.
Q: What does mean arterial pressure measure?
A: Mean arterial pressure measures a person's average blood pressure.
Q: What does pulse pressure measure?
A: Pulse Pressure measures the difference between systolic and diastolic pressures.
Q: How do doctors measure blood pressure?
A: Doctors use a device called a sphygmomanometer to measure blood pressure.
