What do I do to figure out my blood pressure

What do I do to figure out my blood pressure

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Today, most pharmacies, medical supply stores, and some Internet sites have home blood pressure monitors. All monitors have the same basic components — an inflatable cuff or strap, a gauge for readouts and sometimes a stethoscope, dependi…

How do you figure out your blood pressure?

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Have your blood pressure checked regularly.Keep the stress level down or learn to manage stress through meditation, relaxation, exercise etc.Avoid excessive salt intake.Eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, and food high in fiber and less fat….

What figure constitutes high blood pressure?

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There is a move away from relying excessively on so-called blood pressure measurements – those obtained, for example, on your first visit to a doctor. It is now known that blood pressure taken under such circumstances may be unduly high due…

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Science question – Blood pressure.?

Q: I have to find out what my blood pressure figures mean.And i haven’t got a clue how to.They are 100 SYS72 DIA85 ( the other thing .. i think it’s heart beat )HELPalso .. does anyone know the normal blood pressures for children ?

A: The upper number is called the systolic, and it’s the pressure when the heart is contracting.The lower number is the diastolic, and it’s the pressure when the heart is relaxing and refilling with blood.The pulse is how many times per minute the heart beats.Your values are all normal.Normal BP depends on age.Here’s a table:http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/child_tbl.pdf

Low blood pressure?

Q: So, I went to the health dept today for a tetanus shot and they took my blood pressure. It was 103/70. The nurse asked me what mine was before and it was 107/something and said that my pulse was even lower the last time. She said it was kinda low and that 120/80 is generally the normal range for my age. I’m 20, female, 5’8, 164lbs. High blood pressure runs in my family. I haven’t been eating too healthily lately. I figured that my blood pressure should be high, if anything, from fast food.Also, I was stressed out at work today… I’ve noticed lately that my energy level has decreased some. I work(factory job), go home, and don’t really do anything else. from being tired. I can sleep for 10 hours at a time. I noticed at the store today, I bent down to look on the shelf for something, for a few minutes, and when I went to stand back up, I felt a little bit lightheaded. The nurse told me that if I had problems with it, maybe I should go to my regular doctor. …any suggestions?Also, I’ve read on 2 or 3 sites that this is a generally good blood pressure…but why was I lightheaded? I had a big lunch. I’ve been so fatigued lately..I use to weigh 225lbs and then I lost weight two years ago…I slept almost 12 hours last night solid…. 7:45pm-2am, then 3am-10:15am(my brother woke me up.

A: Your blood pressure is excellent. Although 120/80 is regarded as normal 103/70 is much better and 90/60 would be even better. Below 90/60 is too low.

Can someone please tell me if my blood pressure is normal?

Q: Hello everyone,I am a 40 year old male and I weigh 198 pounds and am 6’1”.When I wake in the morning an average reading for my blood pressure is 110/50 and my pulse is around 50-55. Sometimes it’s lower, sometimes it’s higher by as much as 5 points systolic, diastolic and heart rate during these waking hours. During the day when I sit down and take it it is roughly 120/71 and pulse is 73, again give or take up to 5 points in both directions respectively. My concern is my blood pressure and heart rate when I exercise on the treadmill..We have a “Landice L8 Treadmill” and we also have an “Omron HEM-712C” blood pressure monitor. We have had the monitor calibrated by our cardiologist and it gives perfect values for pressure and heart rate.We then calibrated the Landice Treadmill with the monitor. The treadmill has stainless steel hand grips that measure heart rate and the treadmill gives identical correct values for heart rate. My heart rate is usually about 85 when I get on the treadmill and I set the treadmill speed to 2.5After about the first minute my heart rate goes up to 95 or so and then fluctuates between 82 and 105 during the 1 hour that I stay on at that speed. If I turn the speed up to 2.8 my heart rate fluctuates between 95 and 115.If I get off the treadmill and take my blood pressure immediately I get a reading in the 120’s Systolic and 70’s diastolic and my heart rate is in the 80’s. The second immediate consecutive reading is around 113/60 and pulse is like 68. What worries me is when I turned up the speed to 3.0 or 3.2 my heart rate goes up to like 168 after only a minute.I got off and took my blood pressure immediately and it was 162/82 and my pulse was 76.Is my heart rate supposed to be 168 after only a minute at the speed of 3.0 to 3.2? And second my blood pressure stayed up at around 159/80 and my pulse stayed at about 77 for like 10 to 15 minutes after I got off the treadmill. Is this normal?It seems like it stayed up too long.I also did a treadmill stress test at the cardiologist about two months ago and while on the treadmill at almost a running speed, but still just a brisk, brisk walk my blood pressure went all the way up to 200/100 and my pulse was 178.I asked my cardiologist if that was high and he said yes. Is this dangerous?I don’t have any chest pain or shortness of breath. Is it exercise hypertension?Is exercise hypertension reversible? If this is exercise hypertension and the elasticity in my arteries isn’t there anymore can it be restored somehow? I do not like taking medication, rather I would like to do things naturally. Are there any tests I should specifically take to figure out why my blood pressure goes so high during exercise? Basically I just want to know:(A). Is the blood pressure and heart rate I experience while exercising on my treadmill at home normal for the speed I am operating at? and (B). If I do continually experience high blood pressure while exercising but not while at rest, what tests should I take?I feel like a ton of adrenaline is being dumped into my bloodstream when these pressures occur. I have been tested for a pheochromocytoma by blood and MRI and both came back negative neck and entire body areas.I am also pretty mellow and can’t imagine it being anything like a panic attack.I try not to worry but it seems pretty high to me!I hope there is someone out there who can shed some light on what may be causing my hearts symptoms and give me direction for what may remedy them.Thank you so much in advance,BryanPlease note I wasn’t running at the doctors office, I was walking very briskly. Also please note at home I was only at the speeds of 3.0 and 3.2 for exactly 50 seconds.

A: Everyone’s heart rate and blood pressure go up during exercise. If it didn’t then that means your not working hard enough. What would be worrisome is if you got those same numbers when you were not exercising. Your BP and pulse drop during periods of rest(sleeping) and thru out the day go up in response to stress, exercise and eating a lot of salty food. There is a point when exercising that you can go over your max heart rate, but it not harmful just exhausting. Your body can not efficiently pump enough blood(oxygen) to supply your muscles and you start getting cramps. The numbers you listed should not worry you unless you start getting chest pain, or if they do not return to normal after resting. Normal BP is around 120/80, but everyone fluctuates constantly during the day, and everyone operates at their own normal ranges.