| Controlling high blood pressure reduces the risk | | | | not lose consciousness due to drastically low blood |
| for heart attacks and death from other | | | | pressure. |
| cardiovascular disease. Extreme low blood | | | | The moment exercising ceases, blood pressure |
| pressure, however, can be hazardous-even | | | | drops drastically. This is because when muscles |
| deadly. | | | | stop contracting, there is no longer a pump to |
| Scientists add that although higher death rates | | | | send blood back to the heart. The heart responds |
| among those with low blood pressure may be | | | | by lowering cardiac output. |
| due to other causes, cardiac deaths were | | | | Also, blood flow in certain areas remains high due |
| particularly high in untreated patients with low | | | | to the concentrations of metabolic byproducts in |
| diastolic blood pressure compared to patients with | | | | the bloodstream causing blood vessels in the |
| heart disease and low systolic pressure. | | | | muscle to remain dilated. This results in a drop in |
| Research indicates that the death rate is higher | | | | the heart's blood volume, as blood is caught in the |
| among those with high diastolic blood pressure and | | | | blood vessels, which in turn lowers blood pressure. |
| those with low diastolic blood pressure compared | | | | As body temperature increases when an individual |
| to those in the mid range. This was the case for | | | | is exercising, the blood vessels in the skin dilate to |
| treated patients as well as untreated patients. | | | | lose the extra heat. Again, this could also reduce |
| High or low systolic readings do not seem to have | | | | blood volume in the heart, as enough blood is not |
| as much impact in relation to deaths due to | | | | present to be pumped into the heart. |
| cardiovascular diseases. | | | | That's why a cool-down routine is so important |
| Intense exercise or cardiovascular exercise | | | | after exercise. The cool-down causes blood |
| impacts the blood flow; pumping slows, which | | | | pressure to drop sufficiently and the heart rate to |
| results in a dramatic drop in blood pressure. The | | | | return to normal. Taking all this into account, it has |
| body then responds quickly by increasing heart | | | | been proven that regular exercise will gradually |
| rate and cardiac output to maintain blood pressure | | | | lower resting blood pressure, especially in those |
| at the level required so that the individual does | | | | with borderline or mild hypertension. |