blood pressure

[rjboutkast]

okay so apparently my blood pressure is high, i took a test on this machine and my results were:
124/53 mmHG

now is that really bad or what? i dont really know. and what must i do to bring that down?

tnx

[lil_pirie]

i had high blood pressure at the start of the yr got it checked a couple of months ago and it went back to normal

[rjboutkast]

so what did you do to lower it!?

[KingSht]

That's high? I though 120/80 was average

[Shadow666]

124 is ok i guess,but the 53 is that way to low?

[lil_pirie]

Originally Posted by rjboutkast

so what did you do to lower it!?

nothing the doc said come back in a couple of months to see if it changes and it did..

[ben3133]

Your blood pressure is fine. If your doctor told you it's too high, you need a new doctor.

[rjboutkast]

okay as long as i dont have a heart attack or sumthin

[Cell-Tech Daddy]

Originally Posted by rjboutkast

okay so apparently my blood pressure is high, i took a test on this machine and my results were:
124/53 mmHG

now is that really bad or what? i dont really know. and what must i do to bring that down?

tnx

Your wrong. 124/53 is not high, its a tad too low on the bottom end.

[Cell-Tech Daddy]

Originally Posted by rjboutkast

okay as long as i dont have a heart attack or sumthin

cal values for a resting, healthy adult human are approximately 120 mmHg (16 kPa) systolic and 80 mmHg (11 kPa) diastolic (written as 120/80 mmHg, and spoken as "one twenty over eighty") with large individual variations. These measures of arterial pressure are not static, but undergo natural variations from one heartbeat to another and throughout the day (in a circadian rhythm); they also change in response to stress, nutritional factors, drugs, or disease. Hypertension refers to arterial pressure being abnormally high, as opposed to hypotension, when it is abnormally low. Along with body temperature, blood pressure measurements are the most commonly measured physiological parameters.

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[triniwayne]

Your bp is fine. Your systolic(top #) is good your diastolic(bottom #) is a bit low, which equates to what is known as a high pulse pressure. Some say it is bad but it is starting to be a common find in athletes.