Top Number Of Blood Pressure

Systolic top number diastolic bottom number blood pressure category.

Top number of blood pressure. The bottom number or diastolic indicates the pressure as your heart relaxes between beats. Between 120 and 129. Many factors can push systolic blood pressure beyond normal or above 120 millimeters of mercury according to the american heart association. Stage 2 high blood pressure indicates an even more serious condition.

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. In a blood pressure reading the systolic number always comes first and then the diastolic number. That s the top number. Isolated systolic hypertension is the most common form of high blood pressure in people older than age 65.

Younger people can have this type of high blood pressure too. 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. Thursday july 18 2019 healthday news when it comes to blood pressure readings the top number seems to grab all the attention. But a large new study confirms that both numbers are in.

For example your numbers may be 120 over 80 or written as 120 80. The second number your diastolic blood pressure is the pressure that your heart exerts between beats. A blood pressure reading lower than 90 millimeters of mercury mm hg for the top number systolic or 60 mm hg for the bottom number diastolic is generally considered low blood pressure.