What is normal systolic and normal diastolic blood pressure?
Normal systolic blood pressure is 120 and normal diastolic is 80 mm Hg. Types of High Blood Pressure: Primary/Essential Hypertension: There is no single known cause of blood pressure. This type of blood pressure can not be cured, although in most cases it can be controlled. Secondary Hypertension: high blood pressure that can be traced to a known cause like chronic kidney disease, use of birth control pills, hormone abnormalities or tumors of the adrenal gland. Secondary Hypertension can be cured if its cause is corrected. Isolated Systolic Hypertension (ISH): Most common in older people. About 65% of people with hypertension over age 60 have isolated systolic hypertension. For most Americans, systolic pressure increases as they get older. How is High Blood Pressure related to kidney failure? High Blood Pressure can narrow and thicken the blood vessels of the kidneys this causes damage to the kidneys. The kidneys filter less fluid and waste builds up in the blood. The kidneys could com
