What Does My Blood Pressure Reading Mean?

I blood pressure today was 108/71 is that too low sometimes I feel dizzy the other day I was taking shower the stomach felt sick I felt like I was going pass out

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My wifes blood pressure is normal like 118/75 But her heart rate 70 BUT Somtimes goes up to 80,Is this normal also???And if anyone has info on this please e-mail me. She will not go to a doctor,,It would help to hear from any one that could add some light to this,,As my wife really stresses out over her heart beating to fast..Thank you so much and have a great day.;;.

My blood pressure is basically 123/45 -50. Yhe diastlic number bothers me because it was never this low, however it has been consistently low for at least a month. I had frequent urinatyion issue today - could a problem be surfacing? Thank you Barbara McCafffrey

Since I've lost 20 pounds my blood pressure has gone from 140/82, to 124/69.

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My bloodpressure was around 140/80/75 in Jan. Now I have lost about 30lbs, my BP is around 115/70/65 in the afternoon. I'm 53 year old male (5'11") . I count calories, try to eat healthy but do not not want to make my life difficult going to extremes. I have pizza maybe once a week or a burger. I just eat smaller portions, 3 meals + 2 snacks daily, I have something every 3 hours, whether I am hungry or not. This helps with insulin levels and keeping food portions small at meals. I'm still trying to lose more weight, so I try stay at least 500 cal below my daily consumption. I walk daily, pedometer reads around 7000-8000 steps. I also do about 30-45 min gym workout 5 times a week. This routine works for me an does not interfere with "normal" daily family life.

One of the problems on these sites is that the specimen blood pressures given are far too low to be of any use to me. My normal blood pressure is in the range of 190-230 over 125-155. I had kidney failure some years back and have been tried on all available blood pressure medication and nothing works - everything either causes massive side effects or (normally) tends to make my kidneys malfunction. . My blood pressure is often 190 over 125 or so but will rise for no reason. I would like to find out from others with blood pressure this high how they manage it.

My blood pressure is very low means 50/40 so pls tell me what to do in my daily diet my age 35 years and I have two childerns. when my bp is low I am very helpless I can't do my daily work and I am tired very soon

This chart is wonderful. My husband has had high blood pressure since age 18 & is now 63. He also has V-Lieden Factor 5 & is on warfarin & many blood pressure meds.

I just checked my blood pressure on one of the machines at rite aid. It read 139 for my systolic andand 78 for diastolic. Is this normal

Mine runs 116over60

My elderly mother has had two heart attacks 30 years apart. The last one was last summer. Since then her blood pressure every morning is around 200/80. After she takes her medicine it drops to around 110/75. When I ask her what the doctor says, she replies that he says she is lucky to be alive. Can you address the issue 200/80 and its implications, please.

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I had 7+ lumbar fusions and spine correction with rods recently done (5 days ago). My BP dropped to 50/20. I was given transfusions - 9 during the 12 hr surgery and another 2 a couple nights later when the pressure dropped so much. I'm usually 120/65-70 or even 130/80. I was given potassium and overall think the major cause was that I had been taking a muscle relaxer long-term (they kept me on it), but then added pain medication. The combination of the two was probably the cause. Also b/c my mean arterial pressure was good, it wasn't thought to be anything else. Should be over 60 (if I remember right) ad mine was 75. Your answers here really helped me understand this a little more too.

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should i see a doctor? mine is 99/63

I would like to know what age is considered "older"? Over 40? 50? 70? What would a bp of 88 over 61 mean, age 51, prior stroke, current ear, eye, nose and throat infection - been fighting for over a year.

I regularly test my blood pressure twice daily, systolic between 107-120 but diastolic between 47 -59, never over 60. typical reading last night before going to bed: 107 over 47, pulse 56. Is that anything to worry about? No medication of any kind taken.

Age: 45; BP: 145/60... Can u help understand this level? Is this high or low, why does this happen?

I normally have very high blood pressure such as 180/120 but today it was 111/101 . What does this mean? I am waiting for a valve replacement but I have never had such a strange reading.

my blood pressure is usually very high i am waiting for a valve replacement. Today my blood pressure was very strange - 111/101. I cannot find any reference to such a reading. What does it mean?

My bood pressure reading has been 149/149 138/129 what does that mean

This statements never mention how long. I have high blood pressure, 160 / 90 if I run up the stairs. But if I sit down and take it 5 minutes later, it drops to 130/80, or if I lay down, 120/760. What does it mean when you have high blood pressure. is it high always?

I just came from nurses appointment and she said my bp was high - she took three readings 130/112 then 126/106 then 120/102 - what does this mean

my mother of 84 years of age is having readings of 185 /78 to 202/84 all of a sudden. She is on blood pressure medication.. none of the charts cover this abnornam range

137/103 this is what my pressure is right now.

Two readings from best buy sphygmomanometer 105-55 and 107-57. ????

the other night I was throwing up, chest pain with blood pressure of 181/69 after that it was 177/117. I do have acid reflux and high blood pressure. what does the 181 over 69 mean? no numbers in charts to compair to

A small chart to print off with main blood pressures and brief heading to carry in wallet or purse.

Dear sir, l am a man of 48 years old, and l have being having high blood pressure, and now my blood pressure is reading 234/131, what can l do to bring it down, and if l may ask, can anybody having such blood pressure fly with plane?, kindly let me know it is very important, Thank you very much, Yours faithfully. Harrison Momoh.

I understood the reading now.

Thanks for this articule. Very educative. But u created fear in me when u refer reading between 120/90 as pre hypertensive.

What would have made it better? Absolutely nothing, it was both educational and informative.

The Blood Pressure Levels

I rate the information on high scale. Without confusing the patient it provides directives that are extremely useful.

Goodwrite-up. However, it seems to suggest that a reading of 120/80 is "pre-hypertension" or "high normal". This could scare someone!! There is no mention about the time when pressure is checked (as it can vary from morning to night). Also, no mention about the body position when it is checked (as it can vary on whether you are standing, sitting or lying down). Also, no mention about taking an average of 3-4 readings - and NOT panicking after seeing a single reading! Rest is good and quite informative!

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I am a minor and I am worried about my bp. I came to this webpage in hope of info, that I did not recieve. There was nothing here that would be able to confirm my suspicions of me having a high bp level.

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I wanted to understand what both readings are for not so much what it means. What is each top and bottom measurement from. The rest of the article was very well written.