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Originally posted by jimmyf
Penrod you better get your ass to a doctor *RAT* now.
171 over 111
Equinox You better get your ass to a doctor *RAT* now
152/104 is HIGH they say now it should be like 110/80 use to be 120/80.
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The gold standard now is 115/75. According to JAMA the risk of cardio-vascular disease doubles each time a person's blood pressure, beginning at 115 over 75, increases by an increment of 20/10.
Doubling your risk might sound like alot, but they're talking about sustained resting pressures over decades. If you're young and have no other CVD risk factors, and you're at 150/100, doubling, or even tripling your risk of CVD over the next 10 years means going from from .25% to .5% or .25& to .75%.
So while it needs to be controlled over the long term, there is no need to go into panic mode over 1 reading of 150/100.