Monday, April 07, 2008
"Oh, no. I don't have high blood pressure," declared Ron after I informed him that his pressure of 138/78 was on the high side. "Lots of times I take it and it's lower than that, like 120 or 130."Ron admitted that his primary care physician had told him for years that his ...
In the subject artictle it talks about a d number at 115 can be the begging of damaging your arteries. This and the 120/70 as is always stated as normal blood pressure is always out of context. When is this normal? These articles fail to mention that your blood pressure changes about every minute to some degree it is a natural function to ensure your body gets blood to the brain, muscles, etc.
A brisk walk will create a blood pressure in a healthy person of 140/75 higher if walking up a hill, but is that mentioned and that is natural? No instead the author would lead people to believe they have high blood pressure.
High blood pressure is sustained over a period of time at rest and with excertion, that is failed to mention in all these articles. It is impossible to have 120/70 all day no matter what you do and that is what is implied in this article.
Completely ridiculous and I would suggest it be ignored.
This number refers to blood pressure taken in a controlled setting which means the patient should be in the seated position for 15 minutes, arm at the level of the heart during measurment, and no stimulants for at least and hour or so before the measurement including tobacco and coffee. You would expect the blood pressure to rise in exercise as this is normal. Our blood pressure does change constantly throughout the day and the point of using the blood pressure in a controlled setting to guide therapy is based on the fact that you blood pressure if high then, will likely be much higher duing all aspects of you daily routine which would warrant better control to minimize complications. I have hypertension and I am also a physician.