2006-10-02 07:53:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Yes it is 100% possible for an "athlete", child, teenager, adult of any gender and have hypertension.
You don't state your age, normal B/P should be around 120/70
High normal blood pressure 130-139 to 85-89
Stage 1 (mild) hypertension 140-159 to 90/99
Stage 2 (moderate) hypertension 160-179 100-109
Stage 3 (Severe) hypertension 180-209 110-119
Stage 4 (Very Severe) hypertension 210 or higher 120 or higher
For your information the lower numbers to the right is your "Diastolic Blood Pressure. This is the beats I would hear when I release the pressure from the cuff. The higher numbers to the left is your Systolic Blood Pressure, the beats I hear when I increase pressure around the cuff.
The diastolic reading is the really bad one and can give you a stroke, because you have the pressure in your vains even though the pressure is release in the cuff.
High Blood Pressure is a silent killer.
You don't say what kind of athlete you are. I can assume that you lift weights. Excessive muscles can put alot of pressure on your vains an arteries and cause hypertension.
Myself any patient that I see and their Diastolic Blood Pressure is over say 90, I will put them on a calcium blocker an diuretic.
My professional opinion that if your B/P, is 140/90 and you let the 90 go up it becomes alot more difficult to get it back down and you can have a stroke. So I prefer to treat any "diastolic", reading that is at 90 or above.
There is really no excuse in the world to have a major stroke with all the High Blood Pressure, medications out there in the market.
Please see your doctor if you diastolic or your systolic reading is above the table I have given you at the top.
Another word of advise, some hypertension medications have alot more side effects. So if your are put on a medication or medications, make sure that you go back and see your doctor ASAP, if you are having side effects. (Example, there are alot of side effects with "Beta Blockers").
I prefer Calcium Blockers as they are new on the market and
have little or no side effects.
Take good care of your health and don't have a stroke.
Clinical Psychiatrist, France
2006-10-02 08:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately yes.
2006-10-02 08:01:02 · answer #2 · answered by Papa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 09:01:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even though ur an athlete and are probably healthy, unfortunately yes it is possible. it can hit any one at any age.
2006-10-02 08:03:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple answer.. yes
2006-10-02 08:10:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, anyone can have it, good luck
2006-10-02 07:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by HK3738 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋