# Do you know your blood pressure? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809 "2011-09-01T01:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/41 "2011-09-02T04:02:24Z")
Yes. It varies quite a bit - upper number goes from 90 to 120 - but is usually around 110/60. I am in an exercise class three times a week and they take my blood pressure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/42 "2011-09-02T04:02:54Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > What meds did they put you on? 25 mg hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic 20 mg lisinopril, an ACE inhibiter ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/43 "2011-09-02T04:10:35Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > Got rushed to the hospital on a 200/something just last week. They managed to get it down to around 140/something with medicine, which I am still taking. Pulse was 180, the other reason for the hospital rush. It’s now around 90 bpm. What was the diagnosis for the really high pulse and BP? Do you remember the term they used when they checked your heart rhythm? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/44 "2011-09-02T04:46:50Z")
High pulse is trycacardia (sp) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/45 "2011-09-02T04:47:43Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > 25 mg hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic > 20 mg lisinopril, an ACE inhibiter That combo cut 50/30 off your blood pressure? that is pretty impressive, I think the average is only a 20-30 point drop at most on that combo. I’m on those drugs too (12.5/10), and they don’t work nearly as well. Plus I started a calcium channel blocker. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/46 "2011-09-02T05:20:44Z")
Mine has never been high, but since I started running, it’s gotten even better. When I was at the endocrinologist last month, it was 110/60. ---
**Author:** ![RedBloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/47 "2011-09-02T14:34:31Z")
Had mine taken yesterday. 86/62. (near death??) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/48 "2011-09-02T14:56:58Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > High pulse is trycacardia (sp) [Tachycardia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachycardia) ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/49 "2011-09-02T15:06:20Z")
110/60, which was standard for me even before I started on a beta blocker for my tremor. (beta blockers also lower BP). When I was on Remicade, the infusion did tend to drop me down to about 95/50 for a while, but since I felt fine otherwise (no dizziness) the infusion center nurses usually gave me a Diet Coke and let me drive home. Apparently, Remicade can do that. Now I’m on Simponi and doing great. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/50 "2011-09-02T19:15:43Z")
Came down with CHF a little over a year ago. Cardiologist referred me to another specialist, 250 miles away, for a stress test. Went to said appointment. Blood pressure 60/52. They refused to do the stress test, adjusted my B.P. meds’ doses, sent me home. I was not happy, and I let my cardiologist know it. I know possess a sphygmomanometer- pressure ranges from 95/65 to 120/75. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-blood-pressure/594809/51 "2011-09-02T19:23:52Z")
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