When we speak about high blood pressure (HBP) we speak about one of the most feared silent killer. This is the other name used for high blood pressure. In the following lines we’ll explain you what is blood pressure what dangers it bears and how can you prevent high blood pressure from affecting you. Some people may believe that the heart is the only one responsible for pressure but we are here to prove you that your thoughts might not have been 100% accurate.

Blood pressure is influenced also by the kidneys, skin, liver stomach and a couple of other glands that do not make or scope here. We will focus on the big ones for the moment. You should know that everything from muscles and vascular tissues, as well as the cardiovascular and excretory systems play an important role.

Now let’s see how our blood goes into our body. First there is the heart which pumps blood, loaded with oxygen, into the aorta. Aorta is the largest artery existent in our body. From the aorta the blood will be distributed to the arterioles and capillaries or the smaller arteries. From here our blood will arrive to all tissues and cells in our body. Now blood pressure depends by the amount of blood pumped by the heart, the speed by which blood is pumped and other factors that may influence the blood flow.

After the blood arrives to the cells and tissues, it has to come back to the heart to be sent to the lungs that will refuel it with oxygen. To bring our blood back to the heart we have the arterioles and veins. This is called peripheral circulatory system. Now we have arrived where we can meet the peripheral resistance. For peripheral resistance to take place some factors must contribute. There are three of these factors: viscosity of the blood, elasticity of the arteries and veins and the number, size and state of the arterioles.

Now you should know that during the process of distribution are two kinds of blood pressure. First we have high blood pressure the one that is also called systolic and low blood pressure the one that is also called diastolic.

“High blood pressure appears if our dietary intakes, lifestyle, or genetic abilities may in one way cause the three contributing factors to assume the properties that will cause resistance to blood flow. Blood viscosity that may be thick like honey has to pass through veins and arterial wall that are rigid and pipe-like and will be met by only a few dilated arterioles, the rest being constricted, or worse, closed.”

So be careful with high blood pressure because there is a very big possibility for you to have it and never know about until is too late. We recommend you to try and monitor your blood pressure because this one of the best way to discover high blood pressure before it may be to late.