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What's a Healthy Blood Pressure?

December 28, 2006

You know when you go to the doctor the nurse wraps that thing around your upper arm and squeezes the air pump? Then they tell you a number that you most likely forget. This number is your blood pressure and it's actually important.

So, what's healthy in terms of blood pressure?

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iloveclothes86 6 years 20 weeks

the avg bp is 120/80... so why is 140 good? low is better than high, so i put answer A

audreystar 6 years 20 weeks

i have going to the doctor a lot lately and they have taken my blood pressure everytime. i never knew exactly what the numbers meant?

lovekailua 6 years 20 weeks

mine is almost always 90/60 or something close to that...weird considering my dad has always had high BP and was even on medicine for a long time....but i guess it isnt since my mother's is low.

POPSUGAR Fitness 6 years 20 weeks

The Answer is B. Less 140/80 Why should you care? High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease (which is currently the #1 killer among women), so if either your systolic (higher number) or diastolic (lower number) number is above 140/80, then you’re more at risk for heart disease. High blood pressure can be controlled by maintaining (or attaining) healthy weight with diet and exercise.

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