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  Angela Peris (Critical Care Nurse)
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  I am a Critical Care nurse, trained at Concord Hospital - NSW Australia - I have worked in many Intensive & Coronary Care units in ... View profile

  Blood pressure fluctuates according to your environment and your situation. When you are in a stressful situation, your blood pressure may be high. When you are relaxed and calm, it will be normal.
  Normal blood pressure in general is
     Systolic blood pressure (which is the top reading) 110 -145 mmHg
     Diatolic blood pressure (which is the lower reading) 75 - 95 mmHg
  
  Normal blood pressure also depends on the person's age and the body size.
  You may get a young slim girl, whose blood pressure is 105/65 (and still be normal for her).
  
  Therefore your blood pressure can be different.
  
  What I would say - it you are not showing any signs of feeling faint, dizzy or light headed with a lower reading or having headaches and feeling nauseas with higher reading then it is ok. Unless the reading are consistantly too low or too high. - youi may need to seek medical advice.
  
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  andreafpurcell
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  GO TO YOUR DOCTOR sooner than later.  Blood pressure is not something to wait and see.  Get PROPER medical advice.  High blood pressure is one of our silent killers here in Australia and can have absolute NO SYMPTOMS.   Go, make that appointment. Reply to this post  |  Report
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