eli5: If you have high blood pressure, do you bleed more when cut?

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One of my family members is having issues with their blood pressure being to high right now. I just started thinking, and in my mind “high” blood pressure means too much blood in the veins like pressure in a tube or something.

If someone with high blood pressure were to get an injury would they bleed a lot more than someone with normal or even low blood pressure?

All I can picture is a water balloon exploding and all the blood rushing out. 😂😂

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A superficial cut causes leakage of venous blood. Not from pressurized arteries. So generally no, HBP won’t cause more perfuse bleeding from cuts.

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