Is 90/44 a good boold pressure?!
Question: It depends solely on whether it's changed or not.
You can safely disregard all the other tosh here.
Everybody in the world (adult) generates roughly 125 mms/Hg Mean Pressure within the left ventricle of the heart. They MUST, because this is the mean pressure it takes to push 5 litres of blood round a loop whose total impedance is 0.025, which everybody's is, (-at rest.)
Readings such as you've described are much lower than this and are therefore not only wrong, but totally meaningless by themselves, but if they've recently changed (i.e., suddenly dropped) to those levels then the CHANGE is significant, and you might well be wise to seek advice.
In spite of what you'll read here, (from people who should know better) the 'absolute' readings are not true. That is, they aren't the pressures either within the artery nor those generated at the left ventricle.
It's quite easy to demonstrate this, and to show that the figures your doctor comes up with have more to do with the structural 'strength' of your arteries than the pressure within them.
So your readings are neither "good" nor "bad" ..... they're merely "you" and how you're made, ...tall or short, blonde or ginger, spotty or clear, blue-eyed or brown... it's as simple as that really.
UNLESS THEY'VE CHANGED... Changes are real. Absolute value are not.
And please, don't start taking pills simply because someone in this zoo says you should be -, because "your B/P is too low".. Because (a) the pills won't work but (b) WILL have side-effects. Then your doctor will prescribe more pills, for the side-effects, and so on until one day you'll have the good sense to stop and go back to where you are now. ..
PS. Edit. - Incidentally, just as a matter of fact, "as one gets older the blood pressure gradually rises" isn't true.
What happens is that loss of arterial elasticity simply allows a more true or accurate reading of pressures to be taken at the brachial artery.
The originating pressure (ventricular) remains the same in a healthy person (like me!) but actually may well fall away, with cardiac function impairment with age.
Doctors believe these people are healthier but the reverse is the case,
Who said "Truth is stranger than fiction"?
Answers: It depends solely on whether it's changed or not.
You can safely disregard all the other tosh here.
Everybody in the world (adult) generates roughly 125 mms/Hg Mean Pressure within the left ventricle of the heart. They MUST, because this is the mean pressure it takes to push 5 litres of blood round a loop whose total impedance is 0.025, which everybody's is, (-at rest.)
Readings such as you've described are much lower than this and are therefore not only wrong, but totally meaningless by themselves, but if they've recently changed (i.e., suddenly dropped) to those levels then the CHANGE is significant, and you might well be wise to seek advice.
In spite of what you'll read here, (from people who should know better) the 'absolute' readings are not true. That is, they aren't the pressures either within the artery nor those generated at the left ventricle.
It's quite easy to demonstrate this, and to show that the figures your doctor comes up with have more to do with the structural 'strength' of your arteries than the pressure within them.
So your readings are neither "good" nor "bad" ..... they're merely "you" and how you're made, ...tall or short, blonde or ginger, spotty or clear, blue-eyed or brown... it's as simple as that really.
UNLESS THEY'VE CHANGED... Changes are real. Absolute value are not.
And please, don't start taking pills simply because someone in this zoo says you should be -, because "your B/P is too low".. Because (a) the pills won't work but (b) WILL have side-effects. Then your doctor will prescribe more pills, for the side-effects, and so on until one day you'll have the good sense to stop and go back to where you are now. ..
PS. Edit. - Incidentally, just as a matter of fact, "as one gets older the blood pressure gradually rises" isn't true.
What happens is that loss of arterial elasticity simply allows a more true or accurate reading of pressures to be taken at the brachial artery.
The originating pressure (ventricular) remains the same in a healthy person (like me!) but actually may well fall away, with cardiac function impairment with age.
Doctors believe these people are healthier but the reverse is the case,
Who said "Truth is stranger than fiction"?
is it an adult or child? its good for a child and very slightly on the low side for an adult, but low pressure is MUCH better than high pressure so i wouldnt worry to much unless it stays that low over a significant time period, remember blood pressure can fluctuate 10-30 points in just a few minutes so you are probably just fine!
It is very low. I think you must have gotten something wrong with your numbers.
As an adult that pressure is to low and will result in dizziness, possible fainting etc. Yes low is better but there is a to low and you have hit it.
No, that's way too low. My doctor told me that my blood pressure and pulse is excellent and mine is 120/80.
(im a nurse) if you are an adult that is quite low, you should be around 120/80 anything below /50 is bad u should really go and see your g.p. i dont know anything about your lifestyle but if it drops suddenly you will faint so drink plenty of fluid to help keep it up.
Blood Pressure Levels
Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). The classifications in the table below are for people who aren't taking antihypertensive (blood pressure-lowering) drugs and aren't acutely ill. When a person's systolic and diastolic pressures fall into different categories, the higher category is used to classify the blood pressure status. Diagnosing high blood pressure is based on the average of two or more readings taken at each of two or more visits after an initial screening.
Classification of blood pressure for adults age 18 years and older
Category Systolic (mm Hg) Diastolic (mm Hg)
Normal* less than 120 and less than 80
Prehypertension 120