{"id":11540,"date":"2022-10-13T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=11540"},"modified":"2022-10-02T17:08:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T21:08:57","slug":"do-you-know-your-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=11540","title":{"rendered":"Do you know your blood pressure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11623 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Heart set beside a stethescope\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?w=1470&amp;ssl=1 1470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This blood pressure chart from the Mayo Clinic can help you figure out if your blood pressure is at a healthy level or if you&#8217;ll need to take some steps to improve your numbers.<\/p>\n<p>A total blood pressure reading is determined by measuring the systolic and diastolic blood pressures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Systolic blood pressure, the top number, measures the force the heart exerts on the walls of the arteries each time it beats.<\/li>\n<li>Diastolic blood pressure, the bottom number, measures the force the heart exerts on the walls of the arteries in between beats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table summary=\"Four blood pressure categories and what they mean for you\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Below 120<\/td>\n<td>and<\/td>\n<td>Below 80<\/td>\n<td>Normal blood pressure<\/td>\n<td>Maintain or adopt a healthy lifestyle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>120-129<\/td>\n<td>and<\/td>\n<td>Below 80<\/td>\n<td>Elevated blood pressure<\/td>\n<td>Maintain or adopt a healthy lifestyle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>130-139<\/td>\n<td>or<\/td>\n<td>80-89<\/td>\n<td>Stage 1 high blood pressure (hypertension)<\/td>\n<td>Maintain or adopt a healthy lifestyle. Talk to your provider about taking one or more medications.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>140 or higher<\/td>\n<td>or<\/td>\n<td>90 or higher<\/td>\n<td>Stage 2 high blood pressure (hypertension)<\/td>\n<td>Maintain or adopt a healthy lifestyle. Talk to your provider about taking more than one medication.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A blood pressure measurement over 180\/120 mm Hg is called a hypertensive emergency or crisis. Seek emergency medical help for anyone with these blood pressure numbers.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an adult with a 10% risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years, or if you have chronic kidney disease, diabetes or coronary artery disease, your treatment goal is typically less than 130\/80 mm Hg. If you&#8217;re a healthy adult age 65 or older, your treatment goal also is usually less than 130\/80 mm Hg.<\/p>\n<p>If your blood pressure is OK, maintaining or adopting a healthy lifestyle can prevent or delay the onset of high blood pressure or other health problems. If your blood pressure is high, a healthy lifestyle \u2014 oftentimes along with medication \u2014 can help bring it under control and reduce your risk of life-threatening complications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blood pressure chart from the Mayo Clinic can help you figure out if your blood pressure is at a healthy level or if you&#8217;ll need to take some steps &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494,585],"tags":[385],"class_list":["post-11540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-heart-health","tag-blood-pressure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Heart-Set-Beside-Stethescopy.jpg?fit=2121%2C1414&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-308","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2583,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2583","url_meta":{"origin":11540,"position":0},"title":"Robo Calls Actually LOWER Blood Pressure?","author":"Will Clower","date":"May 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Normally your blood pressure shoots up when you answer your phone to hear a campaign ad or sales call for something absurd. 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