What is considered normal or good blood pressure?
by 
Alan Chapman
ANSWERS: 6
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For adults----120/80
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I agree with the answer. I've just discovered mine is high. When I went for an annual checkup on Wednesday, it was 180/90 at first, then a few minutes later when rechecked, 170/90. Today when I went back for an ecocardiogram and blood tests, I asked that my blood pressure be checked again, and it was 140/80. A friend told me I should start taking niacin, and that's what I've done for the past couple of days. My question is, will I still be put on medication, is my blood pressure still too high, and if I keep on taking niacin, will I lower it enough? I am female, 51, overweight at 138 lbs and about 1 ft. 1 in. tall, don't smoke, drink a little, don't exercise enough and don't always eat right.
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That normally depends on age, however the "norm" is 120/60. However as we get older it can get too high or too low, usually high. It's not the top number that is really the concern but the lower number. If that goes above 80 to 90 or above, that can be dangerous, causing millions being on medicating to regulate it. It is said the top number is over lets say 170, that can be a concern as well.
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it seems the numbers doctors recommend have changed in recent years. now, "normal" is 115/75. which, thankfully through diet/exercise I can now claim to have.
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Normal or Good BP reading cannot be fixed since it varies according to individual. On an average 140-85 is now considered desirable, if all other conditions like Sugar, Cholesterol are within the permissible range.
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FYI American Heart Association recommended blood pressure levels Blood Pressure Category Systolic (mm Hg) Diastolic (mm Hg) Normal less than 120 and less than 80 Prehypertension 120–139 or 80–89 High Stage 1 140–159 or 90–99 Stage 2 160 or higher or 100 or higher http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2112 You want to be below 120/80-- but that doesn't mean 120/80 is 'yay'. Work on it with exercise, weight loss, generalized fitness.
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