You should know this!
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a very serious condition and it is necessary to manage it, because if left untreated, it can provoke serious pathologies such as infarction (heart attack) or stroke.
The only way to determine if the reading is normal or not is to measure the pressure. Yes, sometimes certain signs and discomfort appear, but hypertension often progresses completely asymptomatically, and a person has no idea what risk he is facing.
Blood pressure is controlled by two indicators, namely:
Call 911 immediately if your blood pressure is higher than 180/120 and you have the following symptoms:
Check your blood pressure often and use this table.
The pressure is normal
If systolic is below 120 and diastolic is below 80.
The pressure is high
If the systolic reading is between 120 and 129, and the diastolic reading is less than 80.
If you have high blood pressure (the first stage of hypertension).
Systolic is 130-139, and diastolic is 80-89.
If you have high blood pressure (second stage hypertension).
Systolic is 140 and above, and diastolic is above 90.
The following are indicators of a hypertensive crisis, and the patient should be immediately admitted to the emergency department of the clinic
Systolic is higher than 180, and diastolic is more than 120.
Source:
https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings
