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Gutterboy · 06-10-2003, 06:34 PM

I have mild hypertension, here is some of the stuff I've learned.

#1 To take a true resting reading you need to be seated, back supported, feet on the floor, sitting calmly for at least 5 minutes before testing. Hypertension isn't diagnosed unless your average resting reading, averaged from 3 readings taken at seperate times, is over 140/90.

#2. Don't worry about any individual reading (unless its 240/130 at rest or something.. malignant hypertension) because BP can vary ALOT during the day depending on your activity. Blood pressure during a leg press using your max weight can hit 400/300. It can stay at 180-220/90 for hours during hard aerobic exercise. Anxiety can make it high.

#3: Reducing sodium to lower blood pressure has very little scientific basis. During the DASH diet (a lowfat, higih fruits & veggies diet aimed at lowering blood pressure) trials, they found it didn't matter very much whether the person reduced salt to under 1500mg a day or not, the diet lowered bp 5-10 points either way.

#4 What does work for reducing blood pressure non pharmacologically is the following: The DASH diet, reduing alcohol intake, getting regular aerobic exercise, losing weight, quitting tobacco if you use, and lowering your caffeine consumption.

ANyway, don't worry about 1 reading of 150/100. An emergency room won't do much but give you some oral drugs and send you home unless you're over 220/120 and there is evidence of immediate end organ damage. Unless you have extremely high pressures, what matters with BP is your average pressure over the long term.. decades.

So do see your doc, but don't panic just yet

06-10-2003, 06:34 PM
Gutterboy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dis Posts: 4,751	I have mild hypertension, here is some of the stuff I've learned. #1 To take a true resting reading you need to be seated, back supported, feet on the floor, sitting calmly for at least 5 minutes before testing. Hypertension isn't diagnosed unless your average resting reading, averaged from 3 readings taken at seperate times, is over 140/90. #2. Don't worry about any individual reading (unless its 240/130 at rest or something.. malignant hypertension) because BP can vary ALOT during the day depending on your activity. Blood pressure during a leg press using your max weight can hit 400/300. It can stay at 180-220/90 for hours during hard aerobic exercise. Anxiety can make it high. #3: Reducing sodium to lower blood pressure has very little scientific basis. During the DASH diet (a lowfat, higih fruits & veggies diet aimed at lowering blood pressure) trials, they found it didn't matter very much whether the person reduced salt to under 1500mg a day or not, the diet lowered bp 5-10 points either way. #4 What does work for reducing blood pressure non pharmacologically is the following: The DASH diet, reduing alcohol intake, getting regular aerobic exercise, losing weight, quitting tobacco if you use, and lowering your caffeine consumption. ANyway, don't worry about 1 reading of 150/100. An emergency room won't do much but give you some oral drugs and send you home unless you're over 220/120 and there is evidence of immediate end organ damage. Unless you have extremely high pressures, what matters with BP is your average pressure over the long term.. decades. So do see your doc, but don't panic just yet Last edited by Gutterboy; 06-10-2003 at 06:38 PM..