High blood pressure or not?should i be concerned?!
Question: High blood pressure or not.?should i be concerned.?
well today i was at some place (not saying where) and there was this machine thingy .. u kno how they have machines where they check ure blood pressure..well i tried it and i ended up with a blood pressure of 123. it said that the NORMAL blood pressure was below 120 so i tried again (scared) and i got 118...tried again and got 106...then i tried again and i got 125.. so i gave up thinking that something was wrong with the machine... but then i thought sinse i got 123 the first time, should i be concerned.?Health Question & Answer
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You should have 2 numbers for a blood pressure reading. Was the 123 on the top number or bottom number.? (i.e. 120/80). If 123 was the top number then, no you have nothing to worry about. If 123 was the bottom number, then I suggest you see a doctor today. also, the machines that automatically check blood pressures in pharmacies are not as accurate as the blood pressure equipment in a doctors office.Health Question & Answer
Normal blood pressure varies with time of the day, if you have recently exercised or eaten and with anxiety or fear. Repeated readings over a few minutes are often inaccurate. Test your B/P over a period of a week or so and if it is consistently over 120, try cutting back on the salt and caffeine. Then ask about it when you go in for your next office checkup. Health Question & Answer
when you said machine i had to say something. the only way to see if you have blood pressure is to go to the doctor. it probably costs like 55 dollars. actually if there's a walmart near you with a clinic in it you can go there and check. they're lower their prices... you can never trust a machine. i went on my scale it said im 120 pounds, then i went on again and it said 100, then 99. that's when i stopped trusting machines. But you should see a doctor just incase you do have itHealth Question & Answer
its okay. you need not worry. at times when we are from an immediate activity (like excercise) out blood preuuse goes up but that is nornal. Health Question & Answer