Blood Pressure Normal Systolic
High systolic blood pressure is a sign of high blood pressure even if your diastolic blood pressure is normal.
Blood pressure normal systolic. If your blood pressure is elevated systolic blood pressure between 120 and 129 or diastolic blood pressure of less than 80 your doctor will probably want to check it every 3 6 months. This is called isolated systolic hypertension and you treat it the same way you. Systolic bp and diastolic bp. This blood pressure chart by age can offer you a referrence when you need to find out what your own blood pressure means.
The normal range as well as ranges for pre hypertension stage 1 hypertension and stage 2 hypertension as measured by diastolic and systolic blood pressure. Blood pressure chart for adults. Isolated systolic hypertension is the most common form of high blood pressure in people older than age 65. Normal resting blood pressure in an adult is approximately 120 millimetres of mercury 16 kpa systolic and 80 millimetres of mercury 11 kpa diastolic abbreviated 120 80 mmhg.
Systolic pressure the pressure when your heart pushes blood out. Globally the average blood pressure. A blood pressure monitor that shows systolic diastolic reading and the pulse. An adult is considered suffering from hypotension if the diastolic reading is 60 mmhg and systolic reading is 90 mmhg.
To work out what your blood pressure readings mean just find your top number systolic on the left side of the blood pressure chart and read across and your bottom number diastolic on the bottom of the blood pressure chart. Using this blood pressure chart. Blood pressure is one of the vital signs along with respiratory rate heart rate oxygen saturation and body temperature. Below is a blood pressure chart by age.
Blood pressure is measured in millimetres of mercury mmhg and is given as 2 figures. Where the two meet is your blood pressure. Diastolic pressure the pressure when your heart rests between beats. For example if your blood pressure is 140 over 90 or 140 90mmhg it means you have a systolic pressure of.
The reading in this screen is presented as 120 75.