should I be worried if my blood pressure is 163 over 97? When does it go into hypertension?

Answer 1

140 over 90 is considered high,, u r looking for 120 over 70,, u need to seek medical attention,, thats why they call high blood pressure the silent killer,, please see your doctor right away,,if your numbers are continually high

Answer 2

NO! Absolutely not. Stop it right now. By taking that medication you are increasing already high blood pressure. Add to that the fact that you then go and exercise, which increases your blood pressure even more, and you could be looking at possible kidney damage, heart attack, and stroke. This is the reason they banned that stuff in the first place. The only way to lose fat healthily is proper diet and exercise. Interestingly enough, those two things will help with your hypertension too. Look at the ads for every weight loss gimmick out there. "This gimmick in conjunction with proper diet and exercise will help you lose weight." That should tell you something right there. Save yourself some money and just do the diet and exercise part. And none of these diets with the names of some dead doctor or geographic region on them. Just follow the food pyramid. If you are exercising, your body will need fuel, so fuel it. Just do it right. Food pyramid. In your case a DASH diet would be appropriate as long as your doctor OKs it. You need to talk to your doctor about a diet and exercise regimen that is right for you before you do anything else. So cut the Ephedrin and go see your doctor.

Answer 3

No doubt, you are already in the hypertension zone. But it also depends on age; the older we grow, the higher the BP goes and it is called essential hypertension. You appear to have detected your hypertension well in time. It was time to act: Of course you need to visit heart specialist. In the meanwhile as well later on take care of: 1). reduce your weight if it is on higher side. 2). quit smoking if you are. 3). take regular exercise--brisk walk is the easiest thing to do. 4). abondon high cholesterol-food; fast food is the worst. Start using unsaturated fat for cooking like soya cooking oil or olive oil. Take a lot of vegetables especially the green leafy ones. Don' worry much. The problem of hypertension is a very common one and you are not alone. Apart from some medicine that your doc will recommend, follow a healty life style. You will be fine very soon. Best luck.

Answer 4

Normal blood pressure is 120/80, so you are definitely in pre-hypertension if not hypertension itself. Your BP is too high. You should consult a doctor. Lots of times it can be controlled with diet and exercise, but you really need to talk to a professional.

Answer 5

Hypertension is defined numerically as any pressure of 160/100 or greater. And yes you should be worried because HTN leads to other more serious medical conditions

Answer 6

blood pressure is 163 over 97 is this a constant reading ? It is high taking in high amounts of salts shoots the BP way up there also drinking makes it go up... Only your Dr will know for sure. And you didn't give your age ?

Answer 7

The old limit, 120/80, is even too high for most doctors these days. I would say if your BP is consecutively high like this, it would be considered hypertension and you may need to be put on a low dose antihypertensive. See your doc, but don't be scared. Keep it under control and you'll be fine. It's all too common.

Answer 8

You are officially hypertensive (if it is consistently that high). But there's plenty you can do for yourself before you go popping pills (check with your doc first, of course) to reduce your high blood pressure. I'll paste the links to some good info below. Good luck with it.

Answer 9

You have stage 1 hypertension, borderline stage 2. See a doctor!!

Answer 10

Sounds like you already have hypertension. You should see your doctor right away and get on some meds to lower your blood pressure. High blood pressure affects your whole body - especially your vision.

Answer 11

read this, go to see doctor. How do you know your blood pressure is 163? It is a bit too high and you need to do some thing