Bp

[HFJL2020]

tested my blood pressure 178 - 86 165 - 86 177 - 88 184 -86 good or bad

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[Sqad]

Bad......certainly not good.
You need BP tablets to lower it.
If you are already on BP tablets then you need the dose upping or a reassessment of your BP management.

See your GP.

[brian j john]

Normal systolic: less than 120 mm Hg
diastolic: less than 80 mm Hg Normal systolic: less than 120 mm Hg
diastolic: less than 80 mm Hg
At Risk (prehypertension) systolic: 120–139 mm Hg
diastolic: 80–89 mm Hg Elevated systolic: 120–129 mm Hg
diastolic: less than 80 mm Hg
High Blood Pressure (hypertension) systolic: 140 mm Hg or higher
diastolic: 90 mm Hg or higher High blood pressure (hypertension) systolic: 130 mm Hg or higher
diastolic: 80 mm Hg or higher

[brian j john]

It's very high, see your GP

[Buenchico]

Ideally, Henry, your BP should fall into the green area on this chart. (However many older people would probably happily settle for the yellow bit anyway!). I've marked where your BP currently falls with an 'X':
https://i.postimg.cc/13by1sGq/HenryBP.jpg

See your GP!

[Sqad]

Buenchico.

HFJL asked you a simple question and you gave him a complicated and a web designed inappropriate answer which said more for your internet expertise rather than your concern for the OPer.

in my opinion.

[gness]

Excuse me, Henry...x
Sqad, if it's 130-140 over 50-60 is there still a problem?

[Sqad]

gness.......a matter of opinion.

For me, no problem at the moment but regular e.g 6 monthly reviews would be desirable.

If a doctor suggested a small dose of a hypotensive drug, I would not disagree but would not be my initial line of management.

[Barsel]

My GP told me my BP should be no more than 140/80.
Pretty sure she takes my age into account as she wouldn't expect me to have the BP of a young fit person.

[gness]

Thanks, Sqad. My view too but I haven't voiced it. She's on Apixaban 5mg and Bisop 3.75mg. GP added Olmesartan 20mg on those BP results...consultant increased to 40mg and she was dizzy and slightly dolally....:-). She has dropped the Olmesartan without telling anyone but me...
Think I'd be happy enough with those BP figures...but what do I know so as I said....offering no opinion yet.... :-).
I think I recall once that the diastolic was the important one but that may have changed now?

[gness]

Barsel...when I last had mine done at the surgery GP said.... your BP is good....I smiled til he said....Well for a woman your age.... :-(

[Sqad]

gness.

///I think I recall once that the diastolic was the important one but that may have changed now?////

Indeed it has gness.

[Barsel]

gness has he recovered or is he still in intensive care?

[gness]

I let him off, Barsel....I adore him. Wonderful, caring old days GP. After I came home from hospital a few months ago he'd phone Dave to ask how I was..... Noticed my D.O.B. just before my 70th and got his wife to bake me a cake.

[Barsel]

Ah that's lovely gness. It's not often you find someone like that.