Question by T. L: What would a dangerous blood pressure reading be in women?
I want to know what an alarming blood pressure would be.. Like when I need to worry about heart attack or stroke. LIke when does blood pressure become a worry.
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Answer by maxomous
A normal blood pressure would be below 120/80 mmHg.
If its 2-3 off, I wouldn’t worry about it. But do try to lower it into the normal range.
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You would have to talk to your doctor-
It depends on alot of things about you- like weight and age and diet and excercise…
eating smart and healthy are imortant, and walking at least 20 minutes a day is very important… for your physical well being… Or if you like to swim then go swimming for at least 20 minutes-
Anything above 140/90 is alarming…..
For men and women it is the same. 120/80 is normal. 150/90 would be mildly hypertensive. If your systolic (1st number) is over 160 or diastolic (2nd number) is over 100, your doc will probably recommend meds. Systolic over 190 or diastolic over 115 is getting into very dangerous territiory. Hope that’s enough info.
Any level of high blood pressure needs to be addressed/treated. Here is a simple recent nomenclature for blood pressure
Normal <120/80 mm
Prehypertension 120-139 systolic or 80-89 diastolic
Stage 1 hypertension 140-159 systolic or 90-99 diastolic
Stage 2 hypertension >160systolic or >100 diastolic
As regards your specific question, if blood pressure is above 180/110 you need to be treated emergently.
My Dr. told me when the diastolic the bottom number gets to be 90,and the top number systolic about 190, so it would look like this 190/90. I also was having headache very often.Some people will get dizzy. High blood pressure is not good ,because it takes away the pliability of our blood vessels and that can lead to worse conditions. Good Luck and God Bless
Any thing over 150 you are at risk for a heart attack or stroke.
Normal is around 120/80-anything to much higher then date I would get checked out.
120/80 – normal
140/90 – high blood pressure – but a high/normal, not very very serious, anything over this is high blood pressure
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Good luck with it!