Blood Pressure

[Bill Gates]

Anyone take their blood pressure regularly at home?

My systolic (upper) varies between 145 and 125 and is normally around 135. Whereas my diastolic (lower) 65 and 75.

My last readings from today are

135/65 pulse 50

140/74 pluse 43

144/71 pulse 41

126/66 pulse 46

134/65 pulse 47

The pulse pressure (difference between the two values) is what concerns me slightly as it is consistently higher than what is normal (should be around 40); and mine from the corresponding blood pressures above are: 70, 66, 73, 60, and 69.

This could be the result of a very high stroke volume but might be linked to atherosclerosis.

 

[jimboalee]

Mine's usually 135/85.

The highest it's ever been was 190/130.
This was when I was bitten by a Black Widow spider in California.

The hospital took a brain scan to check for hemorrhageing.

The spider died.

I havn't been the same since. It's a joy to be alive...

 

[Bill Gates]

Mine's usually 135/85.

The highest it's ever been was 190/130.
This was when I was bitten by a Black Widow spider in California.

The hospital took a brain scan to check for hemorrhageing.

The spider died.

I havn't been the same since. It's a joy to be alive...

So you were normal once then.


I've read that you can estimate your resting stroke volume by 1.75 x pulse pressure. For me that averages out at 120 ml per beat.

Normal untrained average is 50-70 ml per beat and elite athletes average is 90-110 ml per beat.

 

[jimboalee]

So you were normal once then.


I've read that you can estimate your resting stroke volume by 1.75 x pulse pressure. For me that averages out at 120 ml per beat.

Normal untrained average is 50-70 ml per beat and elite athletes average is 90-110 ml per beat.

What do you define as 'Normal'?

 

[numbnuts]

Sat at my computer - 161/107 P 71
Few mins laying down - 145/79 P69

 

[Bill Gates]

What do you define as 'Normal'?

The rest of the world except you.

 

[The Jogger]

The pulse pressure of over 60 is a sign of being at risk of a heart attack, apparently. I'm now off to look it up.

 

[The Jogger]

There ya go, that didn't take long.

http://www.bloodpressure-drs-practical-guide.com/pulsepressure.html

 

[automatic_jon]

Last time I took it, at hospital, playing with the machine between patients, it was 120/80 textbook stuff.
Which is impressive as I'd not taken if since I started cycling and it's down from 150/70

 

[jimboalee]

The rest of the world except you.

If taking an internet chatroom as 'deadly serious' is 'normal', I'm definitely not normal.

 

[woohoo]

This seems a bit odd to me because the mean weighted 2005 figures I downloaded from www.heartstat.org a while back showed bp by age group as:

16-24 128/64 difference = 64
25-34 130/72 difference = 58
35-44 133/76 difference = 57
45-54 133/76 difference = 57
55-64 137/76 difference = 61
65-74 140/73 difference = 67

So, although the 120/80, difference = 40 is often quoted as the desired figure for a 20 something year old male, it doesn't appear to be too typical – or I might have misunderstood the charts

 

[Bill Gates]

If taking an internet chatroom as 'deadly serious' is 'normal', I'm definitely not normal.

Well as it was intended as a bit of fun (hence the icon) maybe you shouldn't take yourself too seriously.

 

[Bill Gates]

There ya go, that didn't take long.

http://www.bloodpressure-drs-practical-guide.com/pulsepressure.html

Do I sense a touch of triumphalism here? Only half the story I'm afraid.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_volume

http://www.coheadquarters.com/PennLibr/MyPhysiology/lect8/bp19.htm

It's the combination of a low resting HR and a high pulse pressure which correlates to a high stroke volume. My pulse is very very strong and to me this makes sense.

 

[lukesdad]

The rest of the world except you.

You forgot me !

 

[Bill Gates]

You forgot me !

OK the rest of the world except Lukesdad and Jimboalee and grudgingly myself.

Any other not normals out there?