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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 4, 2004 13:37:30 GMT -5
Someone please explain to me how the blood pressure reading works. You know, as in n/m? One is a reading after the the device wrapped around your arms is at high compression (squeezing your blood veins/arteries tight) and the other number is where the compression is released to let the blood shoot down its channel.
Mine is at 110/50.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Nov 4, 2004 13:48:04 GMT -5
Someone please explain to me how the blood pressure reading works. You know, as in n/m? One is a reading after the the device wrapped around your arms is at high compression (squeezing your blood veins/arteries tight) and the other number is where the compression is released to let the blood shoot down its channel. Mine is at 110/50. Try driving that lower number up to 120 or so, then you'll be at "90+%." Research Bernouli Effect.
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Post by georgia(pacific)girl on Nov 4, 2004 14:51:14 GMT -5
The first number represents the systolic pressure which is the pressure on the blood vessels when the heart is contracting and sending the blood to the various parts of the body. The second number represents the diastolic pressure. That is the pressure when the heart is relaxing and the blood is flowing into the heart.
Your numbers are very low. ONly a bad thing if you are having dizziness and fainting. That means the pressure is not high enough to reach your brain. (Maybe that explains a lot in your case....) Many well-trained athletes have bp numbers in your range.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 5, 2004 14:06:29 GMT -5
What is normal?
And when is it too low?
I do experience dizziness and fainting, especially when I get up too quickly from a sitting or horizontal position to a standing position. Of course, most people do feel light-headed when they get up suddenly, but I actually faint and go into convulsions.
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Post by georgia(pacific)girl on Nov 5, 2004 19:47:17 GMT -5
Normal bp runs 120/80 + or - 10 or so. BP is too low if you're having dizzy spells (which apparently you are). Your physician should evaluate you and what you need to do to up that pressure and get those brain cells some oxygen. Or, there could be a myriad of other reasons why you are fainting, many people with 110/50 readings are just fine.
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Post by fightingminime on Nov 9, 2004 13:00:56 GMT -5
Mine is 100/60 . . .
Unless of course someone is making me angry.
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Post by georgia(pacific)girl on Nov 9, 2004 13:43:07 GMT -5
Mine is 100/60 . . . Unless of course someone is making me angry. See? Well-trained athletes may have low bp numbers.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 12, 2004 17:55:24 GMT -5
Mine is 100/60 . . . Unless of course someone is making me angry. Yes, same here. I turn green and muscle groups I never thought I had start bulging out uncontrollably.
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