A Review on Blood Viscosity and Its Influence on Blood Pressure

Abstract

Nature depends on liquids; nature of liquids is to exert pressure. Blood is also a liquid, pressure exerted by blood on walls of blood vessels is called blood pressure. This concept of blood pressure is influenced by a new concept called blood viscosity. Blood viscosity measures the potential of blood with which it circulates in the blood vessels. Alteration in blood pressure mimics blood viscosity, which influences peripheral resistance of arteries. The main work in this paper involves case studies which gives the participation of blood viscosity in patients who encountered heart problems and reveals blood viscosity as an influential factor among obese and non-obese people. " THE STRONG HEART STUDY " gives a clear vision regarding blood viscosity related health disorders in humans. This also discloses the relation between blood viscosity and hematocrit.