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What Does The Reading 130/58/60bpm In BP Machine Mean?

HI,

I just took my blood pressur with a machine and I had the reading 130/58/60bpm, im am in very good shape, I bike 30 km to work everyday, I drink coffe pretty much everyday and a few beers on the week end, I eat good stuff vegetables,meat,salads, im about 5`5 tall and 135lbs, lots of muscles no etra body fat, what do the number means, do I need to change something in my diet ?
Tue, 12 Aug 2014
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I had gone through your query and understood your concerns.
with a reading of 130/60 there is nothing to worry as per latest guidelines of hypertension.You can decrease common salt intake a bit so that it will come down .rest u can continue same

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What Does The Reading 130/58/60bpm In BP Machine Mean?

I had gone through your query and understood your concerns. with a reading of 130/60 there is nothing to worry as per latest guidelines of hypertension.You can decrease common salt intake a bit so that it will come down .rest u can continue same Hope this guides you. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. If you do not have any clarifications, you can please close the discussion . Thank you. Wishing you good health