A person’s pulse rate is how many times the heart beats per minute.
Typically, a person’s resting heart rate will fall between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm). However, a heart rate lower than this range does not always signify a medical problem. Particularly athletic people may he rates as low as 40 bpm without adverse effects.
The medical term for a low heart rate is bradycardia.
Blood pressure measures the force of blood inside the blood vessels. High blood pressure can overload the circulatory system, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Most doctors consider high blood pressure as greater than 130/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).
Severely high blood pressure is greater than 170/100 mm Hg.
Learn more about blood pressure ranges here.
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