[ELI5] Why can’t we just let out blood if the person has high blood pressure?

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Ok this maybe be a very stupid question, but couldn’t we release just enough blood so the person doesn’t have high blood pressure?

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High blood pressure isn’t caused by having too much blood. It’s caused by restrictions in your veins so your heart has to work extra hard in order to push blood through them which is obviously bad for your heart and a sign that you could potentially have a heart attack or stroke because of it.

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