Blood Pressure and Natural Immunity

In the previous segment, I mentioned that the power of blood pressure is the natural body system that enables and facilitates the interactions between our bodies and the three natural ingredients of life. The three ingredients are air, food and water. These ingredients are essential for building strong natural immune systems within our bodies.

Strong natural immune systems prevent infections and protect us from many diseases including those caused by the COVID-19 virus.

Before we proceed, let us talk a little bit about blood pressure, also commonly known as BP for short. Let’s try to answer a few questions about blood pressure.

1. What is blood pressure?
2. Who has blood pressure?
3. What exactly does blood pressure do?
4. How do people describe blood pressure?

• High
• Low
• Normal
• Flat line – heart stopped beating (see Fig. 3 above)
• No pulse – dead

5. What is the purpose of blood pressure?

1.    What Is Blood Pressure?

Blood Pressure is defined, in non-technical terms, as;

“the force or power generated by the pumping actions of the heartbeat needed to pump or push blood through the blood vessels to every part of the body.”

2.    Who Has Blood Pressure?

Everybody!

Each and every person, from a newborn baby to the oldest living person have blood pressure. As long as a person has a “pulse,” this is a sign of a heartbeat and blood pressure. This means the person is alive!

3.    What Exactly Does Blood Pressure Do?

Blood pressure is the force or power that pumps or pushes blood carrying air, food and water through the blood vessels to every part of the body.

NOTE:

As we proceed with our discussions on blood pressure, it is important to understand that blood pressure is not a “thing” or a body organ, but a body system. Blood pressure is one of several interconnected and interdependent body systems. The blood pressure system is made up of;

• The heart
• Blood
• Blood vessels
• Arteries – carries oxygenated blood
• Veins – carries deoxygenated blood

 (more about body systems in the next segment).

4.    How Do People Describe Blood Pressure?

People talk about blood pressure in a number of different ways including;

• High blood pressure – as when one visits their doctor for a medical check up.
• Low blood pressure – as when people complain of dizziness which they sometimes attribute to low blood pressure.
• “Normal” blood pressure – as when one visits their doctor for a check up and be told that their blood pressure is “normal.” (Whenever I ask patients during my pharmacy practice what their doctor meant by “normal” blood pressure, I invariably encounter blank faces!)
• Flat-Line blood pressure – as shown on a heart monitor on a patient in hospital when the heart stops beating. Also known as “code blue,” signalling hospital staff to begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• No blood pressure – also known as “no pulse” – as pronounced by an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedic at the scene of a fatal accident. Also known as being dead!

These are all different descriptors used by people when talking about different measurements or levels of the power of blood pressure.

5.    What Is the Purpose of Blood Pressure?

The primary purpose of blood pressure is to keep us alive. Based on our discussions in the previous section #4, we are alive if we can measure and determine our blood pressure in terms of being high, low or “normal.” Alternatively, we are dying or dead if other people determine that we are experiencing a “flat-lining” blood pressure or “no” blood pressure!

The secondary purpose of blood pressure is to keep us naturally healthy. Blood pressure archives this purpose by pumping and pushing blood carrying air, food and water through the blood vessels to every part of the body.

Air, food and water provides oxygen, nutrition and hydration needed by our bodies to build strong natural immune systems required to keep us naturally healthy. Strong natural immune system fights and protects us from all kinds of diseases, including COVID-19 disease.

As I mentioned earlier in this segment, blood pressure is generated by the beating or pumping actions of the heart. This action is also known as heartbeat or pulse.

Further, the generation of blood pressure by the beating or pumping actions of the heart (heartbeat) happens instinctively, instantaneously and continuously 24-hours a day from the day we are born till the day we die.

In the next segment, we are going to discuss ways of measuring the strength, and hence determining, the effectiveness of the power of blood pressure in building strong natural immune system in our bodies.

The Power of Blood Pressure and Natural Immune System

The power of blood pressure can be determined and expressed in a couple of ways.

• Subjective measurement
• Objective measurement

Subjective Measurement

A subjective measurement of the power of blood pressure is a general description or opinion regarding the power of blood pressure. Such general description or opinion can be expressed by people about their own blood pressure or other people peoples’ blood pressure. Some examples of subjective measurements of the power of blood pressure include terms we discussed earlier in this segment such as;

• High blood pressure – as in an opinion given to a person during a check up visit at the doctor’s office.
• Low blood pressure – as an opinion expressed by someone about themselves when they sometimes attribute a feeling of dizziness to low blood pressure.
• “Normal” blood pressure – as a doctor’s opinion given to a patient regarding the status of the patient’s blood pressure.

The challenge with subjective measurements of the power of blood pressure is precisely that these measurements rely on people’s opinions. Further, the subjective measurements of the power of blood pressure rely on people’s assumptions and beliefs that are influenced by emotions and personal feelings. As a result, a high, low or “normal” blood pressure measurement would mean different things to different people.

Objective Measurement

An objective measurement of the power of blood pressure is invariably based on technical facts, a set of numbers and general observations. Examples of technical observational measurements include;

• The interpretation of a set of numbers from a blood pressure monitor by a doctor after “taking” your blood pressure readings. The doctor may tell you that your blood pressure is “130/80” (pronounced: “one thirty over eighty”).
• The “flat-line” (as discussed earlier) observed on a heart monitor for a patient in hospital when the heart stops beating.
• The “zero” (or no) blood pressure, also known as “no pulse” or dead (as discussed earlier) as observed and determined by EMS paramedics at the scene of a fatal accident.

The Power of Blood Pressure – Recap

Now, let me give you a quick recap on the importance of the power of blood pressure in providing our bodies with strong natural immunity and therefore, good natural health.

The power of blood pressure is generated by the pumping or beating (as in heartbeat) actions of our hearts. The generated power of blood pressure pumps or pushes blood – carrying air, food and water – through the blood vessels to every part of the body. Air, food and water are the three essential ingredients needed by our bodies to build strong, natural immune systems. Strong, natural immune systems fight and protect our bodies from many kinds of diseases, including COVID-19.

Further, our heartbeat – that generates the power of blood pressure – happens instinctively, spontaneously and continuously 24-hours a day, including while we are sleeping. The heart started beating from the day we were born and will continue beating and generating the power of blood pressure continuously until the day we die.

In the next blog segment titled, “Natural Immunity and Body Systems“, we will discuss the different body parts and system that depend on the power of blood pressure for their constant and consistent supply of fresh air (oxygen), food and water.