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If blood pressure reads 140 systole and 90 diastole, the condition is called

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Hypertension
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Normal
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Hypotension
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Ischemia
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Solution

The correct option is A Hypertension
Normal range of systolic pressure is between 90 and less than 120 and diastolic pressure id between 60 and less than 80.
If the blood pressure reads 140 systole and 90 diastole, then the condition is known as high blood pressure. Another name of high blood pressure is hypertension.
So the correct answer will be option A.

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