blood pressure

Users who are viewing this thread

pinkporridge

V.I.Pinkporridge
Messages
6,485
Reaction score
0
Tokenz
0.00z
My doc told me i got high blood pressure. My mother gets high blood pressure when she gopes ot the docs cos she gets stressed. i get stressed when i go too. i borrowed my mother blood pressure reader.

129/75

what does that mean?
 
  • 32
    Replies
  • 1K
    Views
  • 0
    Participant count
    Participants list

HottyToddyChick

Toes in the water...
Messages
16,140
Reaction score
0
Tokenz
0.00z
The top number is the amount of force against the heart when it's contracting, the bottom number is when it's "at rest". It's best to take your BP after you've been resting for a bit.

There's a big range for normal but "optimal" is about 120/80.
 
Last edited by a moderator:

porterjack

Valued Contributor
Valued Contributor
Messages
10,935
Reaction score
305
Tokenz
0.10z
that is not high imho

is marginally high and could easily be due to being uncomfortable at the docs office

in any event one reading means little, take it 3-4 times a day for a few weeks then work out an average
 
Last edited by a moderator:

pinkporridge

V.I.Pinkporridge
Messages
6,485
Reaction score
0
Tokenz
0.00z
that is not high imho

is marginally high and could easily be due to being uncomfortable at the docs office

in any event one reading means little, take it 3-4 times a day for a few weeks then work out an average

that is one i done now. i dont know what it was at the docs.
 

HottyToddyChick

Toes in the water...
Messages
16,140
Reaction score
0
Tokenz
0.00z
Just close your eyes and focus on breathing all relaxed like.

When they do ours, we can see the machine and it shows the BP and heart rate. I just try to breathe slow and even and keep my heart rate down. It helps to focus on it. If you wear a watch or can hear a clock ticking, use that to focus on breathing slow.
 

Alien Allen

Froggy the Prick
Messages
16,633
Reaction score
22
Tokenz
1,206.36z
take a couple of deep breaths and breathe out slowly

then just try to breathe calmly until the testing is done

I have white coat syndrome also.

That BP looks pretty normal at least for middle age people. I always thought the hi one should be under 130 and the low under 80

my worst was 160/105

got it all under control now though
 

Francis

Sarcasm is me :)
Messages
8,367
Reaction score
1
Tokenz
2.08z
take a couple of deep breaths and breathe out slowly

then just try to breathe calmly until the testing is done

I have white coat syndrome also.

That BP looks pretty normal at least for middle age people. I always thought the hi one should be under 130 and the low under 80

my worst was 160/105

got it all under control now though

And that was before Obama got elected.. :D

And he now has it under control.. :24:
 

Francis

Sarcasm is me :)
Messages
8,367
Reaction score
1
Tokenz
2.08z
Seriously, stress and diet are a part of the issue. I know when my father drinks ( alcohol ) and stressed out his BP shoots right up..
 

Dana

In Memoriam - RIP
Messages
42,904
Reaction score
10
Tokenz
0.17z
mine is really good actually since I've been dieting. Friday it was 110/60
 
Last edited by a moderator:

Abcinthia

Well-Known Member
Messages
11,469
Reaction score
0
Tokenz
0.01z
I haven't had my blood pressure checked in 3 years. I always wondered what it meant when they'd tell me what it was. I never knew if it was good or bad.
 
78,874Threads
2,185,387Messages
4,959Members
Back
Top