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What Does Blood Pressure Of 118/90 Suggest?
I had my blood pressure checked while I was sick with a bad cough and sinus infection. I had just run a hard 2 1/2 miles as well. My bp was 118 over 90. It normally runs textbook bp. I went back a couple of hours and had it checked again and it was 127 over 76. Just curious about the first reading. Thank you.
Thu, 18 May 2017
- your first reading is not considered high, i know it is higher than the first one but both still in normal acceptable range.
- causes of that difference may be because your running which increased your heart rate and then your BP, may be because you drunk earlier some sort of caffeine that stimulate your sympathetic and then cause theses few numbers go up .
-spikes of blood pressure is considered serious if it goes up to 160 on 110
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- causes of that difference may be because your running which increased your heart rate and then your BP, may be because you drunk earlier some sort of caffeine that stimulate your sympathetic and then cause theses few numbers go up .
-spikes of blood pressure is considered serious if it goes up to 160 on 110
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