Patient was educated on prehypertension as follows: Prehypertension is a condition when the blood pressure is above the normal levels, but not yet high enough to be classified as hypertensive. People with systolic readings between 120 and 139 are considered to have prehypertension. People with diastolic readings between 80 and 89 are considered to have prehypertension. People with prehypertension without any active measures to contain the blood pressure, can develop hypertension in about 5-year interval. [...]

Patient was educated on diastolic blood pressure as follows: Diastole is the phase of heartbeat, in which the heart relaxes, expands, and gets filled with blood. This blood filling the heart will be pumped out of the heart during systole. The blood pumped out of the heart will reach all the organs in the body, flowing through the various arteries. The blood pumped out of the heart, into the arteries, creates a pressure in the [...]

Patient was educated on systolic blood pressure as follows: Systole is the phase of heartbeat, in which the heart contracts and pumps blood out of the heart. The blood pumped out of the heart will reach all the organs in the body, flowing through the various arteries. The blood pumped out of the heart, into the arteries, creates a pressure in the arteries. Systolic blood pressure is the pressure created by the blood in the [...]

Patient was educated on blood pressure and the numbers to be remembered as follows: Blood Pressure is defined as the force exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels. This is usually given as two numbers, systolic, the upper number and diastolic, the lower number. The ideal numbers on this reading is 120/80. On the upper number, any number less than 90 is considered low and any number more than 120 is [...]