Blood Pressure
Discussion
Went to the docs and he asked me to do home readings for two weeks as it was a bit high, didn't see the numbers properly but it was like 175/90, but I do get wound up at the doctors and had cycled there, he took it again and it came down he said.
Taking it at home, when working at my desk, am ranging between 135 - 145 on the top number and 68-81 on the bottom, averaging like 140/74, reading about it, the bottom one looks normal but the top one is a bit high. Didnt they used to say 100 plus your age but now they say 120/70, preferably even lower ?
Am 43, overweight by say two stone, but cycle a few days a week, dont smoke but like a beer (but not all the time)
Resting Pulse is between 65 and 75 when sat at my desk, drops into the 50s when lying down.
Do you think he will want to put me on pills or just say lose some weight tubbs ?
Taking it at home, when working at my desk, am ranging between 135 - 145 on the top number and 68-81 on the bottom, averaging like 140/74, reading about it, the bottom one looks normal but the top one is a bit high. Didnt they used to say 100 plus your age but now they say 120/70, preferably even lower ?
Am 43, overweight by say two stone, but cycle a few days a week, dont smoke but like a beer (but not all the time)
Resting Pulse is between 65 and 75 when sat at my desk, drops into the 50s when lying down.
Do you think he will want to put me on pills or just say lose some weight tubbs ?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Lose the 2 stone and look at the amount of salt in the stuff you eat. Cut salt intake right down.
Yeah, I sort of gravitate to this weight, lost a stone and a half a couple of years back and then put it back on, I did notice when I lost the weight that, when I stood up in the morning I went a bit light headed which I suspect was my BP coming down but my cardiovascular system was still used to a bit more pressure.I don't add salt to anything but I realise a lot of stuff is hammered with it.
I think getting too complacent if either number if high is a bad thing, basically, as I see it, blood vessels are mechanical and the pressure is the strain they are under, my diastolic, when I take it is never really over 80 so fits in to the ok range, but when my heart beats there is a percentage of extra strain on the blood vessels and whatever they are connected to.
I want to get so I can get it down as far as possible without pills as they can cause all sorts of problems but I also dont want to go its broadly ok and weight another few years until its a problem, a older chap at work went and his diastolic was consistently way over 100, but he was a smoker (now stopped) and not given to exercise, on and liked a pint.
My boss is a smoker (not massively though) and drinks vast amounts, most days, eats crap and is a bit red faced, expanding beer belly, but his BP is apparently fine, he told the doctor how much he drinks and the doctor always says that for most people they double it to get a realistic idea but he didn't think that was possible in his case and checked if the figure was a typo !
I want to get so I can get it down as far as possible without pills as they can cause all sorts of problems but I also dont want to go its broadly ok and weight another few years until its a problem, a older chap at work went and his diastolic was consistently way over 100, but he was a smoker (now stopped) and not given to exercise, on and liked a pint.
My boss is a smoker (not massively though) and drinks vast amounts, most days, eats crap and is a bit red faced, expanding beer belly, but his BP is apparently fine, he told the doctor how much he drinks and the doctor always says that for most people they double it to get a realistic idea but he didn't think that was possible in his case and checked if the figure was a typo !
Just resurrecting this, does anyone else take their own bp and find its literally all over the place ?
I can take mine and it will be 138/75, then the next minute 123/66, then again 133/62.
Obviously a bit higher after just sitting down, but even when I have been sat down a while it fluctuates in a range of 20 for the top one and maybe 10 for the bottom one.
It is definitely coming down though, never used to see anything in the 120's
My doctor took mine and said it was high, got me to take it at home and record it and said it was ok and he would review in a year, really don't want the pills.
I can take mine and it will be 138/75, then the next minute 123/66, then again 133/62.
Obviously a bit higher after just sitting down, but even when I have been sat down a while it fluctuates in a range of 20 for the top one and maybe 10 for the bottom one.
It is definitely coming down though, never used to see anything in the 120's
My doctor took mine and said it was high, got me to take it at home and record it and said it was ok and he would review in a year, really don't want the pills.
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