Blood Pressure Top Number High

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Blood pressure top number high. 43 years experience in pathology. It s the most common kind of high blood pressure. Stage 2 high blood pressure indicates an even more serious condition. Systolic top number diastolic bottom number blood pressure category.

Isolated systolic hypertension happens when your diastolic blood pressure is less than 80 millimeters of mercury mm hg and your systolic blood pressure is 130 mm hg or higher. What is normal range. Isolated systolic hypertension is the most common form of high blood pressure in people older than age 65. A 35 year old female asked.

This is called isolated systolic hypertension and you treat it the same way you. Both the systolic and diastolic are indicators when it comes to the risk of heart attack and stroke. Between 120 and 129. Researchers say the top and bottom number are important in blood pressure readings.

High systolic blood pressure systolic hypertension is classified as having the larger top number typically greater than 130 when obtaining the readings. Blood pressure top number high bottom number low. In a blood pressure reading the systolic number always comes first and then the diastolic number. If your blood pressure reading shows a top number of 140 or more or a bottom number of 90 or more it s considered stage 2.

For example your numbers may be 120 over 80 or written as 120 80. High systolic blood pressure is a sign of high blood pressure even if your diastolic blood pressure is normal.