Is It Healthy To Have Low Blood Pressure?
Mine is 80 over 120 (or close enough), which i’m told is low. I am a petite adult and weigh 100 pounds, and was wondering if low blood pressure has any related health risks?
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20 Responses to “Is It Healthy To Have Low Blood Pressure?”
Do you mean 120/80? Under 110 is considered hypotensive (low blood pressure). But, mine is generally slightly lower than that. Under 100 is “low”. But, your second number should not be as high as 120…that is a lot. The old “average” was 120/80, which is now being considered as pre-hypertensive. Ideal is systolic 110-119 over less than 80. And your systolic number determines if you are hypotensive. Go to your doc and they will decide based on what your average is. Everyone is different…and there is such a thing as healthy people having low blood pressure…low bld pressure=decreased blood flow to the brain.
I have low blood pressure, I sometimes suffer from dizzy spells and faintness. Do you sufer from these? They might be connected.
yes it does, i have the same thing….. you cant be in heat a lot ro you are more at risk of passing out. you should start taking salt pills to get it back up to normal, or at least closer to normal. just ask for salt pills for low blood pressure at a cvs, walgreens, or walmart. they should know what youre talking about. i get mine from cvs.
actually its supposed to be 120/80….. even if its the way ur saying it, its not too bad since u are kinda small (like me, i have the same prob) docs told me its cuz im small, i dunno though, if ir lower number is 120, thats actually kinda high, its supposed to be aound 80.
if you are petite and are in pretty good physical condition, low blood pressure is perfectly normal. but that blood pressure you gave is impossible. the bottom number (diastolic) can never be higher than the (systolic) because the diastolic is your heart at rest.
Think it must be 120 over 80 or you have something totally weird going on! That is normal, don’t know why you think it is low, there are health implications of hypotension (low b.p.) but you are fine so don’t worry.
mine has always been low but i feel OK
120/80 is a perfect blood pressure.
Low would be 98/60 (as an example)
If yours is chronically low as the example above, that would indicate an illness of some kind, but not always.
“Low” blood pressure is a generalization. In young adults, your blood pressure can NOT be too low, as long as your heart and arteries are strong enough to deliver blood to your brain at all times, i.e., so you don’t pass out or get dizzy when you stand up in a chair. Your cardiovascular system needs pressure to deliver blood 1)”up” to your brain and 2)”back”, returning from your feet. As long as you’re not regularly dizzy, and your blood isn’t pooling in your feet, you are fine.
In older people low blood preasure means congestive heart failure. The heart is no longer strong enough to pump blood. In younger people, it means that your arteries are still youthful and “open” (not clogged with cholesterol placking).
Stay young and run …
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normal is 120 over 80 maybe thats what you mean.. b/c 80/120 would make the lower number to high
ask a doctor if your unsure..
Great. Congrats.
well my mums low blood pressure and fine you can go light headed at times
don’t you mean 120/80, if it is i wouldn’t worry, mine is a little on the low side, it’s 100/70 to 110/70, i am small as well, i get dizzy when i get up to quickly, my gp has told me it is nothing to worry about as it is normal for me
i also have low blood pressure which is nothing to worry about unless it plummets rapidly but most of the time it don’t but low blood pressure can also be as bad as high blood pressure put in blood pressure in a normal search engine it should come up with something.
80/120 is perfect.
That barely measures as low. At less than a couple of % as you are there are none.
Are you sure its not 120 over 80?
Thank you for bringing this up. I have had dizzy spells for years, and very low blood pressure. I am glad I am not the only one.
its kinda danger…once you do alot of work,you might faint,and you will notice that you cannot understand or concentrate in words
I have low BP too. Its not a problem – health problems associated are invariably linked to high BP. There’s no treatment anyway!!