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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The answer is Yes. A fluid will always flow from an area of high pressure to that of lower pressure. The higher the pressure, the higher the velocity of the flow.
The effect is most noticeable in arteries. Blood pressure is much higher in the arteries than the capillaries or veins. Inside the body, it’s flowing along the same gradient, from an area of high pressure, to low. If an artery is cut, it will spirt. The higher the blood pressure, the more forcefully it will spurt, all else being equal. So the other factors would be heart rate and coagulants. A capillary cut will seep more rapidly and vein will leak more rapidly. But it’s not as dramatic as an arterial cut.
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