Understanding and Managing High Blood Pressure（理解和管理高血压）.pdfVIP

Understanding and Managing High Blood Pressure Check. Change. Control. Check. Change. Control. What is Blood Pressure? When your heart pumps blood through the blood vessels, the blood pushes against the walls of your blood vessels. This creates blood pressure. Your body needs blood pressure to move the blood throughout your body, so every part of your body can get the oxygen it needs. Healthy arteries (the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body) are elastic. They can stretch to