Just remembered

When having any health issue, it is quite normal to try to understand what is going on and to find, if at all possible, own solution for the problem. All of us, with increased BP, are trying to figure out what is happening and why. Here something I just remembered and that may be of some use to others.

When I was about 20 years younger (70 now), in one occasion I measured my BP and it was 160/100. I measured it because I had problems walking, had to go from one door handle to the other, trying not to fall down. For that reason I measured the BP and had the reading mentioned.

Now, at the age of 70, when I measure 160/100, I feel perfectly fine and have no problems at all! Can there be a better proof that with the increase of age, we actually need increased BP...? Hope it helps someone, with the worries about increased BP...

[Libuse]

what a thoughtful comment. I too am 70 and when 35 had blood pressure of 138/40. This was considered fine. Recently at GP’s came in 177/88. Was immediately told medication needed! I have resisted. 😂

[Libuse]

Should have added that I bought a home monitoring machine and got BP down to120/70 but only after a glass of wine made me forget to be anxious (white coat syndrome).

[Happyrosie]

studies done some years ago, 30 years ago I think, of populations which have less “western” diets found that older people have lower BP than the “first world “ Some villages in Japan and also south western France. Values didn’t rise to the same extent with age. Probably by now they have caught on to our poor diets!!!

So I’m going to disagree with you.

I felt perfectly fine on 180/100 in my late forties. High BP was found coincidentally. Lost a bit of weight, reduced salt, increased exercise

[Hidden]

I find it as quite normal that some people will disagree with what I have said. Let me try to explain it the other way round... As we get older, it is kinda "normal" that the fine blood vesels in the body get clogged, but also the larger ones may be clogged to a degree. In the course to push enough blood (what matters in the body, is the flow-rate of the blood, not BP so much) through the pipeline with larger resistance, we need increased pressure. So, with the age, it really is to expect that the BP will have to go up. In the times where profit and selling the drugs was not so important, the BP was considered to be OK at the level 100+age. Many have said it here...

[peter999999999]

yes perfectly true,100 plus age you will be ok, plus a baby aspirin thins the blood enough to flow freely esp if you dont get stomach issues which vit c helps,they even make a aspirin combined with vit v.doctors scare the life out of most with bp , ive never had 120 bp in my life, ive felt fine at 180/95 was let out of hospital 4 years ago with it that,they were not concerned. who realy knows what bp is good for you we all different and get older.

[Hidden in reply to peter999999999]

I do not understand, why people trust more MDs than their own body... For as long as the person feels fine and functions well, BP should not be measured at all! If the person starts feeling poorly, than check, not only BP, but also many other parameters of the body.

[peter999999999 in reply to Hidden]

totally agree, but if you feel off a bit your bp usualy goes up, i never take mine now, i get anxious if i see a bp monitor

[onadiet]

Yes Thank You