Re: blood pressure

On Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:02:21 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On Mon Jan 6 16:37:28 2025 John B.  wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jan 2025 04:12:38 -0500, Catrike Rider
<soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
 

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My last bike ride was Christmas Eve. I haven't ridden since then due
to health concerns. I reported last week that although my wife was
very ill with the flue, I had escaped it, which may have not been the
case. Although my temperature remained near normal, I did have other
issues, the most serious was a dramatic increase in my blood pressure.
My normal systolic pressure is under 120 and for several days last
week it was above 130, one morning it was 139.
>
First thing this morning is was back down to 121/77, and now after
breakfast it's 114/59.

 
Average BP for  "Old Men" is in the range of:
 
60+ years Woman -139/68 mm Hg ,Man - 133/69 mm Hg
https://www.hri.org.au/health/learn/risk-factors/what-is-normal-blood-pressure-by-age
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Cheers,

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Remember that is only an average blood pressure.

That was the point - the average "normal" pressures for different
ages.

It might also be remembered that "low" BP is also not good... see

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/low-blood-pressure/symptoms-causes/syc-20355465
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Cheers,

John B.