I'm 120/80...been that way forever. Textbook normal...
I attribute it to low stress, exercise, alternative medicine and whiskey.
I attribute it to low stress, exercise, alternative medicine and whiskey.
Ski if you can educate us on the cause ,,that would be a good start.The reason I say that is because we still don't have a complete understanding of essential htn,but we do have an array of good drugs.Now I'm not going to fall into ski's debate trap of homeotherapy vs traditional pharmicology.We do know that certain plants, accupuncture and the like do have physiologic responses ie they work to a degree,,,, but drugs titered to the correct dose have much more reproducable(robust) measurable(repeatable) results.
A couple of years ago I was at Walmart and they had a BP chair. I sat down put my arm in the cuff and pressed the button. The reading put me in a state of panic. I bought a BP machine and took it home, again high reading. I went right to the emergency room. They took my BP and it was perfect. HMMM. I went home took mine again with the machine I bought, High again. I am like WTF. I took the machine into my regular doctors office and it was giving a false reading.
I thought at the time how dangerous it is that the BP machines they sell are not tested. Imagine if I actually did have high BP and the machine was telling me I was fine??? Not good. I find it just to be my luck that the machine at Walmart and the one I picked off the shelf were both defective and giving bad readings.
BTW I just had my BP taken today and blood work down. My BP was 130/80.
In the last 6 yrs I have built a business,built a commercial building and sit on the board and manage 3 companies,,,so ,,,,,,, don't forget yourself.
I found out when I tried to change my life insurance that I had VERY high BP. When I went to the doctor my BP was 200/130. Yes that high.
I had no real symptoms - just an increase in headaches over a period of years.
The doctor immediately put me on medication and I spent the 3 day weekend indoors and resting on doctor's orders.
A week later my BP was in the 130/80 range. We adjusted the medication and I am consistently in that range.
For ski_banker - please enlighten me on the cause. After my diagnosis - I spent some time researching hypertension and except for a minority of cases where there are kidney problems hypertension has few known causes. I have been active most of my life, have always had a low sodium intake, and deal with a typical amount of stress. There are no crop circles, nuclear reactors, crop dusters, or bad mojo around me. So what causes my high bp?
I am a competitive swimmer, eat generally well. I enjoy red wine several times a week. Oh and I drive my NSX about twice a week.
I agree the bp machines at the store are unreliable,and who knows if they are maintained or calibrated.You can learn to take your own with a cuff and stethescope or have you wife/sig other do it.My point to all the busy members is life goes quick and some of us heap large amounts of stress upon ourselfs in short amounts of time.I was a single guy living in a apt complex for 6 yrs had my nsx which was the center of my universe and was a care free dude.Not a worry.In the last 6 yrs I have gotten married, had two boys,built a house ,built a business,built a commercial building and sit on the board and manage 3 companies,,,so ,,,,,,, don't forget yourself.
I agree the bp machines at the store are unreliable,and who knows if they are maintained or calibrated.
Then I take hers. 98/56 with a resting pulse of 49. I was like WTF, you're dead or in a coma! I take it again. 94/48 with a pulse of 47. I mean, she's pretty healthy and athletic, but come on! That's rediculous.
I am assuming that she is very athletic and doesn't complain of any dizziness because otherwise if those diastolic numbers are accurate she should still get checked for hypotension.
I agree the bp machines at the store are unreliable,and who knows if they are maintained or calibrated.You can learn to take your own with a cuff and stethescope or have you wife/sig other do it.My point to all the busy members is life goes quick and some of us heap large amounts of stress upon ourselfs in short amounts of time.I was a single guy living in a apt complex for 6 yrs had my nsx which was the center of my universe and was a care free dude.Not a worry.In the last 6 yrs I have gotten married, had two boys,built a house ,built a business,built a commercial building and sit on the board and manage 3 companies,,,so ,,,,,,, don't forget yourself.