Dangerous BP is usually regarded as 140/90. I bet you that almost all users of AAS here, when cycling, have a pressure close to or higher than that. Most people cycle for 8+ weeks. They lift harder and usually more when on thus raising their BP even higher. There are very small vessels in the brain that do burst under higher BP. There are new studies coming out that say if a person's systolic (top number) is between 120-139 they are prehypertensive and at risk. Again, I bet almost everybody here has readings this high when off of cycle. This is weakening their vessels. I was speaking to a cardiologist not even 2 months ago about the new BP levels that are coming out. He said when the new recommendations come out systolic pressure is going to be around 100 and diastolic less than 70.
Long term high BP can cause stroke, kidney damage, blindness etc. How long does BP have to be high before this happens? It could be 1 month, it could be one year. I treated a patient the other day, 22 yr old renal patient. He lost both his kidney's when he was 17. Why? High BP. He's waiting on a kidney transplant so he doesn't have to get hooked up to a machine 3 x's per week 8hrs each day. I have also treated stroke victims, anywhere from 15 to 90 yrs of age that had ICH because of high BP. The 17 yr old I was telling you about was very healthy, into sports etc, not overweight. He was diagnosed with hypertension at 15 yr old. He was non-compliant (he didn't take his BP medicine like he should have) and within two years lost his kidney's and had a stroke. He recovered from the stroke. So you two, who obviously have no medical training can sit there and pat each other on the back all day because you think you know what you are talking about, but , as I wrote in an earlier reply, I've known 3 people that had strokes because of elevated BP caused by AAS. All three died. Period.