Tag Archives: Diastolic Pressure

The diastolic pressure is the lower reading of the blood pressure. In a BP reading of 120/80 the lower reading of 80 is the diastolic pressure and is normal, in this case.

What Caused the Stroke

Showing dead right arm and walking with quad stick.

You will find the real cause of the stroke quite shocking. Most people think that high blood pressure leads to strokes and many people take medication to lower it. After all, high blood pressure (hypertension) is known as the silent killer (Secondscount, 2013). In an effort to lower my blood pressure I was put on amlodipine and ramipril and I had a stroke-in-progression.