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Last summer, my husband was diagnosed with high blood pressure.  It was really hard for us to believe that he could have high blood pressure, especially considering he considered himself a “high profile” athlete.  But over the course of about year, his physical fitness activity had decreased(due to a spranged ankle and new baby), and his bad eating habits had increased.

Well within a short period of 12 months, his blood pressure began to slowly increase.  After a few months passed by, I figured I should do a little research on exactly what high blood pressure is.  Medicinenet.com states that:

“High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension means high pressure (tension) in the arteries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body. High blood pressure does not mean excessive emotional tension, although emotional tension and stress can temporarily increase blood pressure. Normal blood pressure is below 120/80; blood pressure between 120/80 and 139/89 is called “pre-hypertension”, and a blood pressure of 140/90 or above is considered high.”

After reading this definition, I was a little alarmed.  Because what this really means is that my husbands arteries, which carry blood to the other parts of his body, is actually working allot harder than they should.  There kinda in over drive.  And any heart that’s in over drive will eventually give out and stop working.

Now the top number of our blood pressure is called the systolic blood pressure.  The systolic blood pressure is the pressure used when the heart contracts and pumps blood forward, into the arties.  And the bottom number is the diastolic pressure, and that’s the pressure used after the heart contracts and trys to relax.

So, what this means is that high blood pressure is very dangerous and should be treated immediately.

My husband immediatly began a good exercise program after his ankle healed.  He put himself on a 4 day/week workout program.  After 6 weeks of working out, his blood pressure slowly began to return to normal.  We are so excited that he’s finally getting back to normal.

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