curious? normal BP/pulse

[Soundguy]

Had never though about it till my doc noted that i had a high reading when taken in her office. i explained that i don't care for DR visits much.. and the pumper gets going pretty good.

Anyway.. i decided to get one of them nifty automated checkers.. so now I check 2-3 times a day.. about 5 days a week, and jot my numbers down.. so far the 'average on the machine shows 116 / 79 -78bpm

A couple years ago i had a cousing going to nursing school, so for a year she built up her skill doing pulse/BP ... and I always recall being in the 120/80 - 75-85bpm range.

What's the 'norm'?

Soundguy

 

[scott_vt]

... and I always recall being in the 120/80 - 75-85bpm range.

What's the 'norm'?

Soundguy

Afternoon Chris,
Well thats the reccomended norm ! On most days for me if I take my medication I can get those kind of numbers also ! Actually on the bpm mines a bit slower, or was slower years ago.

 

[hazmat]

you're on the edge of normal for BP

Blood pressure normal? Maybe now it isn’t.

midline for pulse MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Pulse

 

[Soundguy]

Wow.. edge of normal... could be worse i guess.. could be over the edge..

Hmm... I already lost 30# last year.. and am keeping it off.. and already do the fruit/vegi thing pretty darn good. And exercise? I wonder if farming counts.

not much more i can do.... guess I'll just keep monitoring it..

thanks for the links guys.. they were a good read.. ( almost alarming too! )

Soundguy

 

[dmccarty]

TBN is something else...

I was just downstairs in our building and for the first time in YEARS took my blood pressure and weight on one of them fancy machines.

I was not happy with the BP reading. I was at the high end of Normal crossing into the bad zone. Usually I have been like 115-120/60-70. This time in the 120s and 80s!

How accurate/error prone are these machines? The one I used is newer than the one I used years ago.

I need a check up so I guess I should go. The nurses/docs have not said anything to me over the last few years when they took my BP in the office.

Later,
Dan

 

[Soundguy]

It sounds like 120 over 80 is still at the edge of normal... maybee cut some sodium and get 10 more min exercise a couple times a week??

good luck

Soundguy

 

[ToadHill]

Acceptable bp seems to be like acceptable blood sugar level, an ever changing
number. When my Dr. told me my blood sugar level was too high, he also told me that several years ago I'd have been in the normal range.

 

[randy41]

for years i went to the same doctor for my annual bus driver physical and my blood pressure was always a bit in the high range. that doctor quit doing the bus physicals and i went to a different doctor this time and my blood pressure was clearly in the acceptable range.
maybe those machines are the way to go.

 

[DocHeb]

The standard for measurement of blood pressure is to take it in the left arm after sitting for 5 minutes. Three measurements are taken two minutes apart and the three systolic (top) numbers are averaged, and the three diastolic (bottom) numbers are averaged.

The cuff must be the proper size, fitting between the gauge lines on the cuff.

There are varying numbers for "pre-hypertension" and different stages of hypertension, but 120/80 is an easy number to remember for the "edge of normal."

 

[riptides]

You know everyone has their own "normal". The figures given are for the average Joe/Joette. Only a qualified physician that knows your health history and life habits could make a qualified diag for what is "normal" for a person.

-Mike Z.