Should Isolated Systolic High Blood Pressure Worry Me?
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Blood pressure concerns are completely understandable. I suffered from high blood pressure myself and now spend my time researching this problem as well as many other health conditions.
140 over 90 is usually considered high blood pressure. A person measuring from 120 over 80 to 139 over 89 is generally considered to fall into a pre hypertensive category. The top number is called the systolic pressure.
Why do these numbers matter? With age, tends to come high blood pressure. It is estimated that at least two thirds of people age 65 and over live with high blood pressure. Some believe the age range may actually start at closer to 50.
If high blood pressure is not addressed, it continues to strain the heart leading to a number of problems such as atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. Heart attack or stroke can then follow.
Other organs can be affected as well such as the kidneys.
Systolic pressure is the measurement of the force of blood through the arteries with heart beats. Diastolic (which measures the force of blood in the arteries while the heart rests) does not have to be “high” for high blood pressure to exist if the systolic reading measures high. Isolated systolic high blood pressure describes this situation.
While both the systolic and diastolic readings are necessary for hypertension to be diagnosed, the diastolic tends to go down as people age. Therefore, the systolic reading is especially important.
A medical professional should diagnose whether or not high blood pressure exists.
Understand that one does not have to necessarily feel symptoms in order to have high blood pressure. It is known as the “silent killer” as many people do not feel particularly poorly yet suffer from the problem.
The possibility of medication being prescribed does deter some people from having their blood pressure professionally checked. Actually, it is the side effects of the medication that can be a deterent. This is important to discuss with your physician.
Of course, sharing this concern may not change the course of action recommended by Western medical professionals.
In fairness though, many doctors worry that certain dietary and physical changes will not be followed through on by the patient. Therefore, medication becomes the first line of defense.
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