Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 4 MAS 091 short lesson, about 20 seconds
High Blood Pressure Is Often Silent
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The idea
High blood pressure usually causes no symptoms until it has already done serious harm.
In practice
That is why blood pressure is measured at so many visits; a pattern of readings at or above one hundred thirty over eighty counts as high.
Where people slip
A patient who feels fine can still have a dangerous reading, so report every high reading.
Your place on the trail
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