anyone here have boarder line or high blood pressure?

[1_more_rep]

i don't know if this was said already but i would suggest light cardio if you can manage it maybe 2x/day. maybe an early morning walk to get the blood flowing and a short jog at night. also make sure you use less salt!

my dad puts salt on EVERYTHING and he found out he had high BP so he puts much less on his food or none at all at times.

hope i helped

 

[SlouchingTiger]

Yep-what he said....& not just the actual table salt, read labels-Most pre-prepared foods have tons of sodium. Try to stay away from canned soups,meats ect. & the things i love, dill pickles & olives. I've had HTN for over 15 yrs now & have forced myself to adjust my snacks. Good advice from swatdoc & 1 more rep! I've been an RN for 12 yrs & pretty much know what i should stay away from but i still love my chips & salsa!

 

[solidspine]

Mine is up and down, use to be high all the time, have been on DIOVAN for two years, works ok,

My bp goes up when I am sick or stressed out. The highest it has ever been is 225/115, mostly because of stress,

Normally it is 120/78, but spikes occassionally every week, the meds help.

 

[whoa182]

wow most of you got high BP...

mines around 95/60

 

[guest username]

Some muscular individuals have high blood pressure from using the wrong size BP cuff (sphygmomanometer if you want to get technical).

Of course, the majority of muscular individuals with high blood pressure truly have high blood pressure.

 

[onemoreset]

had mine taken a few weeks back not too great, a fraction over boarder line, going towards highish.

it was 168/82

MIne was around 150/9?,in june. That was contingent for my job (truck driver) for the summer-may have been fear of failing(aka-no summer cAsh). they passed me but only verified my physical 4 one year. Always run on the high side of normal. i should prob monitor more......if u can afford it buy a digital/automatic one and take it while watching tv. I did, iwas lower,but not as low as i would like.... try asprin?

 

[whoa182]

Try greeen tea

 

[NFG123]

had mine taken a few weeks back not too great, a fraction over boarder line, going towards highish.

it was 168/82

Androgens, caffeine, stress, (other stimulants) can raise your BP. To be diagnosed with hypertension you need to have two readings, at separate times.

The pre-HTN range is 120-140/80-89; Stage I HTN 140-159/90-99 and Stage II is 160+/100+.

If you are hypertensive, there are a few things you can without drugs to help. Stop salt intake, replace fatty meats with low-fat yogurts (DASH style diet), limit alcohol intake to 1 drink per day, drop weight (if this applies).

Otherwise, consider pharmacotherapy. 1st line agent is a thiazide diuretic (HCTZ), other options are ACEI, ARB, beta blocker. Norvasc can be used later on.

Its good to get hypertension under control because for each 20 systolic or 10 diastolic over 115 / 75 you are, your morbidity and mortality from all events DOUBLES (stroke, heart failure, etc).

NFG

 

[NFG123]

168/82 isn't borderline. That's Stage II hypertension.

Stage I: 140-160/90-100
Stage II: 160-180/100-110
Stage III: 180-200/110-120
Stage IV: >200/>130

"Pre-hypertension" is 120-140/80.

There is no such thing as Stage III or Stage IV hypertension, these were eliminated in JNC-7, 2-3 years back, and the values you listed are not the correct ones, either. It ends at Stage II, then becomes "hypertensive emergency" or "malignant hypertension" with high enough values ~ > 210 / > 120 with evidence of end-organ dysfunction/damage.

 

[NFG123]

110/100 = death. A "pulse pressure" (difference between the systolic and diastolic) of less than 16 usually results in a non-perfusable rhythm... meaning the heart cannot adequately fill and pump blood. This is one of the late signs of a cardiac tamponade (fluid around the heart, usually the result of trauma or malignancy).

Musclemom is right. I would be more worried about 110/95 than I would be 165/75.

In general, anyone with >160 systolic or >100 diastolic warrants immediate initiation of anti-hypertensive meds (according to JNC-7 guidelines). Even if it is white coat syndrome, these individuals likely become hypertensive with stressors encountered throughout the day. Therefore, they are likely to be hypertensive most of the day.

165/75 would make me wonder about aortic regurgitation. A widened pulse pressure is a sign of this (also referred to as aortic insufficiency). Of course this can be detected by simply placing a stethoscope on a chest. The worst case of this that I've seen as acute aortic regurgitation caused by damage to the aortic valve after a motor vehicle crash. The girl's blood pressure was 130/20. The intern had the nurse repeat it 5 times before anyone ever placed a stethoscope (and eventually an ultrasound probe) on the patient's chest.

Treat your blood pressure if it's high. Don't fall into the trap that you think you're not overweight, workout, etc. and cannot get high blood pressure. Genetics will conquer all and will make the most fit individuals have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Being fit delayed the progression (and will slow it) for many years, but genetics still took its toll.

I know because I'm on blood pressure medicine. I have 8% bodyfat.

We have a GP on our hands. Why would 165/75 worry you about AR? Usually the diastolic is much lower than that, and MANY adults (especially over adults) have isolated systolic HTN.