What is your blood pressure supposed to be? No sarcastic answers please. Thanks.?

Answer 1

the american heart association has set the standard mean for blood pressure at 115/75. 120/80 is considered pre-hypertension, and 130/90 is considered hypertension.

Answer 2

A typical blood pressure would be 120/80. (120 systolic, 80 diastolic)
It's natural for blood pressure to rise with age due to the reduced elasticity of the arteries in the heart. Age is therefore one of the factors that needs to be taken into account in deciding whether a person's blood pressure is too high.
In general terms, people with a systolic blood pressure consistently above 160mmHg and/or a diastolic pressure over 100mmHg need treatment to lower their blood pressure.
People with slightly lower blood pressures (140-159mmHg systolic or 90-99mmHg diastolic) may also need treatment if they have a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, eg stroke or angina (chest pains).
But then everyone is different and an athlete for example will have a naturally lower blood pressure.
Hope that helps :)

Answer 3

3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

Answer 4

Blood pressure is a measurement of the force applied to the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood through the body. The pressure is determined by the force and amount of blood pumped, and the size and flexibility of the arteries.

Blood pressure is continually changing depending on activity, temperature, diet, emotional state, posture, physical state, and medication use.

Blood pressure is usually measured while you are seated with your arm resting on a table. Your arm should be slightly bent so that it is at the same level as your heart. The upper arm should be bare, with your sleeve comfortably rolled up.

Blood pressure readings are measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and usually given as 2 numbers. For example, 110 over 70 (written as 110/70).

* The top number is the systolic blood pressure reading. It represents the maximum pressure exerted when the heart contracts.
* The bottom number is the diastolic blood pressure reading. It represents the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest.

In adults, the systolic pressure should be less than 120 mmHg and the diastolic pressure should be less than 80 mmHg.

Pre-high blood pressure:
* Top number is consistently 120 to 139 or the bottom number reads 80 to 89

Stage 1 high blood pressure:
* Top number is consistently 140 to 159 or the bottom number reads 90 to 99

Stage 2 high blood pressure:
* Top number is consistently 160 or over or the bottom number reads 100 or over

Low blood pressure (hypotension):
* Top number reading lower than 90 or pressure 25 mmHg lower than usual

Blood pressure readings may be affected by many different conditions, including:
* Cardiovascular disorders
* Neurological conditions
* Kidney and urological disorders
* Pre-eclampsia in pregnant women
* Psychological factors such as stress, anger, or fear
* Various medications
* "White coat hypertension" may occur if the medical visit itself produces extreme anxiety

Answer 5

Depending on your gender, age, weight, height, diet it is what is the average after taking your BP once or twice a day for a certain period of time.
The gold standard for BP is 120/80. But anything less is considered good, too low is not good, anything over 150/90 is considered borderline Hypertension.
Information from the Oklahoma Heart Hospital and dealing with HTN clients in practice.

Answer 6

Dear Linda. - Good question,- see mine below (or it could turn out to be "above" the way Yahoo answers works!....)
First, there's no such thing as "your blood pressure", so the question on its own is a red herring.
There are four (main) blood pressures (plural), and they vary all day and every day. The highest one (systolic) is the most dangerous, since when transiently excessive, it causes strokes, etc. A good rule of thumb for this is your age + 100.
(Mine's 180! -but mine also varies from as low as 110 (asleep) to 220 when I'm working out in the Gym hard.
The lower one (diastolic) is usually for anyone in youth and healthy middle-age, about 70-ish.
When you exercise the top one rises considerably, but the lower one frequently doesn't.
It's quite important to remember (or realise) that what your doctor measures near your elbow ISN'T your real blood pressure. Changes in the pressures he measures there are accurate reflections of CHANGES in your real blood pressures, generated within the left ventricle. But when you're young, your arteries expand at each beat of the heart and absorb a lot of the generated pressure, so what is read is much lower than the real, correct pressure at the aorta.
On the other hand, what's measured at my 80-year old hardened areries is much closer to the real thing becus my arteries don't balloon out at each beat, as they should.
The lesson to be learned is that 150/80 read at your upper arm is vastly more dangerous than 150/80 read at mine. Mine's nearly the real thing, -yours would be perhaps half of the real thing. -Possibly well over 200/ something. Scary, isn't it?

Answer 7

If you drink more water you will urinate more, what goes in must come out. It's like Archie Bunker once said, beer you can only rent it. Try squeezing some fresh lemon in your water. Did your doctor give you a diuretic, (water pill) it might be a separate pill or in your blood pressure medication. There are plenty of foods you can eat, try to stay away from processed foods, the closer to their natural state the better. Maybe it's the salt your missing, I can relate to that. Experiment with different spices or combinations of spices, try Mrs. Dash, they have a lot of different combinations already mixed for you. I hope this helps, feel better soon.

Answer 8

Actually speaking there is no 100% ddefinite definition ! It changes from person to person but over all through out the world majority of the physicians have agreed upon 120/80 mm of Hg as normal blood pressure in lying down posture for adult human being with average height and weight ! It changes with the positon and your mental condition with stress and tension !Anything up is high and low is low blood pressure !Irrespective of age and sex in adult life !Always YouRsmE

Answer 9

120 over 80

Answer 10

Mine is supposed to be 120 over 80! It was 167 over 129 when my husband died!! Needless to say, I'm on new tablets!