Normal Blood Pressure Systolic
A normal systolic blood pressure when a person is sitting quietly is 120 mmhg or below.
Normal blood pressure systolic. Blood pressure is one of the vital signs along with respiratory rate heart rate oxygen saturation and body temperature. Using this blood pressure chart. Younger people can have this type of high blood pressure too. Below is a blood pressure chart by age.
High systolic blood pressure is a sign of high blood pressure even if your diastolic blood pressure is normal. Globally the average blood pressure. Isolated systolic hypertension is the most common form of high blood pressure in people older than age 65. The reading in this screen is presented as 120 75.
This is called isolated systolic hypertension and you treat it the same way you. Where the two meet is your blood pressure. 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. A blood pressure monitor that shows systolic diastolic reading and the pulse.
However either an elevated systolic or an elevated diastolic blood pressure reading may be used to make a diagnosis of high blood pressure. For a normal reading your blood pressure needs to show a top number systolic pressure that s between 90 and less than 120 and a bottom number diastolic pressure that s between 60 and less. Blood pressure is measured in millimetres of mercury mmhg and is given as 2 figures. High systolic blood pressure when a person is exercising during periods of emotional stress or at any other time when the heart is stimulated to beat more strongly than at rest the force of cardiac contraction increases and the systolic.
According to recent studies the risk of death from ischemic heart disease and stroke doubles with every 20 mm hg systolic or 10 mm hg diastolic increase among people from age 40 to 89. This blood pressure chart by age can offer you a referrence when you need to find out what your own blood pressure means. 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. Blood pressure chart for adults.
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. 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. For example if your blood pressure is 140 over 90 or 140 90mmhg it means you have a systolic pressure of.