What is considered normal or good blood pressure?

Answer 1

120 over 80 has generally been the optimal blood pressure until about a year ago, where doctors lowered both numbers by ten.....

Answer 2

Pennoes is 100% correct.
Generally 120/80 is considered healthy for an adult in their prime. If you're a small person, it tends to be a bit lower, for example I weigh 110lb (50kg) and my BP is usually around 110/60, and if you do a lot of exercise it tends to be lower.
As you get older, your arteries become more brittle with age and blood pressure tends to go up "naturally". I think my lecturer said that anything up to 160 for systolic can be acceptable for an elderly patient (but it depends on the person and their overall health, fitness etc, not everyone is the same).
If you are stressed, for example someone jumps out behind a door and scares you, your blood pressure will increase until the stress goes away but this does not mean you have the condition of high blood pressure.
My sister is scared of needles, and she went to the docs to get an immunisation, and when the doctor took her blood pressure it was quite high for a small girl of her age. She gave her the immunisation and took it again before we left and it was back to normal.
So if you're stressed when you get your blood pressure taken this can lead to a false high reading.
Overall, 120/80 is basically the highest you wanna be, unless you are middle aged or older, when it may be slightly higher and still be "normal". A doctor or whoever is taking your BP will probably be able to make that assessment of you on the spot just by looking at you and discussing your fitness levels etc, so just listen to whatever they say. As I said, BP's are different for everyone.
If your BP is high and you want to get it lower, stay fit and eat healthy. It's as simple as that.
Hope this has helped.

Answer 3

There are a few inaccurate answers here that need clarification.
In general, blood pressure (BP) does vary from person to person and varies with age.
A normal BP for most young people is considered to be around 120/80. However, small increases in BP would be considered acceptable with age. So a 90 year old with a BP of 145/90 could well be normal.
For most adults, a Systolic (top number) BP >140 and/or a Diastolic (bottom number) BP >90 consistently, would be considered high blood pressure.
BP also changes every minute according to what we are doing.

Answer 4

Systolic 90-120
Diastolic 60-90

Answer 5

Blood Preasure is a serious subject to discuss. But basically it is accepted that the normal reading BP changes according to individual needs and family back ground. Now 140/90 is considered normal BP.

Answer 6

*Normal is considered to be 120/80 or less but, recent guidelines consider systolic BP of 120-139 as 'prehypertensive'. Systolic BP is the top number and Diastolic BP is the bottom no.

*Start treating with medications for 140/90 or more.

Answer 7

120/80 is considered a good blood pressure.

Answer 8

110/70 4 youngster n 120/80 4 above 24 yr old.

Answer 9

120/80 is said to be the normal pressure.it has to bel ike dis.a dip or increase in pressure is sad to be low or high bp.

Answer 10

This varies from person to person; but, as a general rule of thumb it should 100 + your age over 70 to 80