Jackie Blue asked:
I’m unsually tired this morning. I do take blood pressure medication daily for the 9 mo. This morning checking my blood pressure at home it read 106/58, and pulse was 56. I began using flaxseed two weeks ago. I know it has many health benefits, including for blood pressure. Is this number a normal number, or low? I intend to monitor it for a few days, but do not know what represents a low enough number to call my doctor.
I am 53 yrs of age.
I’m unsually tired this morning. I do take blood pressure medication daily for the 9 mo. This morning checking my blood pressure at home it read 106/58, and pulse was 56. I began using flaxseed two weeks ago. I know it has many health benefits, including for blood pressure. Is this number a normal number, or low? I intend to monitor it for a few days, but do not know what represents a low enough number to call my doctor.
I am 53 yrs of age.
That’s slightly low, yes, but not alarmingly low
what causes the LPB?
The bottom reading should be above seventy yours is to low.
More than likely you are anemic.Go see your Doctor.
The blood pressure is O.K. unless you get dizzy when you stand up. Then it is a little too low.
Your heart rate is a bit too slow. Normal for a male is about 72 and for a female–80.
I was always taught to put oxygen on patients whose heart rate was less than 60.
The medication could easily be making you tired,also.
Call your doctor!
No that is not low enough to call your doctor. Blood pressures fluctuate widely. They are much lower in the morning than in the afternoon. Your pulse is a little low and if you are taking a beta blocker, you should hold it until your pulse is above 60.
FYI: Beta blockers are drugs which lower your pulse rate and are often used as a 1st line drug for hypertension. They also usually end with the letters lol such as Metoprolol, Bisoprolol, Atenolol ….
I would reccomend you re check your blood pressure at noon time after you have eaten lunch and if your pulse has come up above 60 or higher and your blood pressure is no lower than 110/60, take your medication. If it is lower than those parameters, I would check it again in the morning and if your blood pressure is above 110/60, take your medication, if not call your physician.
In response to the idiot who thinks your anemic. Blood pressure issues are not usually an indicator of anemia.
PS: I am a RN in a hospital