When your heart beats, it sends a surge of blood into your arteries. If your arteries are healthy and elastic, they will expand as blood travels through them. This "give" in your arteries keeps blood pressure from rising too high. However, if your arteries contain plaques, they will be narrow and less flexible. Because of this, the influx of blood will cause your pressure to build to high levels.
When your heart beats, it sends a surge of blood into your
arteries. If your arteries are healthy and elastic, they will
expand as blood travels through them. This "give" in your arteries
keeps blood pressure from rising too high. However,...
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Dr. Ozgen Dogan answered:When your heart beats, it sends a surge of blood into your arteries. If your arteries are healthy and elastic, they will expand as blood travels through them. This "give" in your arteries keeps blood pressure from rising too high. However, if your arteries contain plaques, they will be narrow and less flexible. Because of this, the influx of blood will cause your pressure to build to high levels.When your heart beats, it sends a surge of blood into your arteries. If your arteries are healthy and elastic, they will expand as blood travels through them. This "give" in your arteries keeps blood pressure from rising too high. However,... More
