Can someone explain the blood pressure thing to me?!
Question: Can someone explain the blood pressure thing to me!?
What do the numbers mean!? I have a device at work that can check blood pressure and gives me the pressure and my heart rate!. I checked both and at that time I had a blood pressure of 134/77 and a pulse of 74!.
What does that mean!? Is it good, especially considering my weight of 328 lbs!.!? I have been exercising much, much more lately and have dropped a lot of weight (used to be 415 lbs!.); I hope to drop much, much more!.
Or is it still very high!? Either way, I intend to continue exercising to keep it good if its good or make it better if is bad!. I am just curious as to which it is!. Thanks for all assistance!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
What does that mean!? Is it good, especially considering my weight of 328 lbs!.!? I have been exercising much, much more lately and have dropped a lot of weight (used to be 415 lbs!.); I hope to drop much, much more!.
Or is it still very high!? Either way, I intend to continue exercising to keep it good if its good or make it better if is bad!. I am just curious as to which it is!. Thanks for all assistance!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
With each beat, your heart contracts, sending a surge of pressure into the bloodstream!. This surge period is called systolic!. It is the first number in a blood pressure reading!. After the surge period, your heart rests briefly and expands in preparation for another beat!. This expansion period is called diastolic!. It provides the second number in a blood pressure reading
Doctors generally agree that systolic readings of 120 to 140 and diastolic readings of 70 to 90 are normal!. Slightly higher readings---140 to 159 and 90 to 94---are considered mild high blood pressure (mild hypertension)!. Readings from 160 to 179 and 94 to 114 signal moderate hypertension!. Anything above these limits is considered a serious problem!.
So you are doing good, keep it up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Doctors generally agree that systolic readings of 120 to 140 and diastolic readings of 70 to 90 are normal!. Slightly higher readings---140 to 159 and 90 to 94---are considered mild high blood pressure (mild hypertension)!. Readings from 160 to 179 and 94 to 114 signal moderate hypertension!. Anything above these limits is considered a serious problem!.
So you are doing good, keep it up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Normal is 120/80!. Anything higher than that is high!. Your top number is high, it shouldnt be higher than 120!. Its not very high considering your weight!. I bet if you continue exercising you will lower it to normal!. It really is not bad!. Just continue to do what your doing!. You are very lucky your pressure is not higher than that!. That should make you motivate more!.Www@Answer-Health@Com