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What Causes High Systolic Blood Pressure?
52 year old male, 212 pounds, 6 foot 1, run 25-40 miles per week, completed 53 marathons and set to run another Sep 25, had blood pressure reading today of 142/69, pulse 64. Should I be worried about the 142 part of the blood pressure reading. I know that 69 is in the normal range.
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First make sure the blood pressure is accurate:
1) rested. Most people the 64 means it's rested in you. Probably NOT.
2) NOT taking/moving during the taking of the blood pressure; it throws off the reading and it gets artificially high on the top number.
3) might want to take it lying down.
When I was 20 I had a worse reading when demonstrating how to take a blood pressure reading in front of the medical school class (nerves). Lying down and taken correctly it was 126/82.
1) rested. Most people the 64 means it's rested in you. Probably NOT.
2) NOT taking/moving during the taking of the blood pressure; it throws off the reading and it gets artificially high on the top number.
3) might want to take it lying down.
When I was 20 I had a worse reading when demonstrating how to take a blood pressure reading in front of the medical school class (nerves). Lying down and taken correctly it was 126/82.
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