Sunday 4 September 2011

Is My Blood Pressure Normal For My Age?

This is a common question I am often asked: "Is my blood pressure normal for my age?".

The question is the wrong one to be asking. It implies that it is safe for your blood pressure to rise with age. Yes, it commonly does rise with age. Nobody knows for sure why but there is a definite association between obesity and age. When people get older, they become less active but they also eat too much and for comfort - they start to eat when they are not hungry (otherwise they would not even become overweight).

The only normal blood pressure is between 115/75 and 120/80. Anything higher than this range is not normal, regardless of your age, and will be causing you cardiovascular damage.

Age is not an excuse for high blood pressure. For example, if you are at 140/90 and 60 years of age then it is still not healthily. I suppose that if you define "normal" to be what is common then it might actually start to become the "norm". But, obviously, you should not judge your health depending on what everyone else is doing. You should do it depending on what clinical research has proven to be the case.

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