How much is blood pressure at 60 and 80 years old?

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(Author: Hebei Provincial People's Hospital Guo Yifang)

Regardless of whether 20, 40, or 60, or 80, the normal value of blood pressure is high pressure (systolic blood pressure) 90-120 mmHg, low pressure (diastolic pressure) 60-80 mmHg.

Many people think that only when blood pressure exceeds 140/90 mmHg, it is harmful to health, and even many people continue to exceed 140/90 mmHg and do not pay attention to treatment. This is a mistake.

Starting from 115/75 mmHg, every 20 mmHg of high pressure increases, the risk of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction will double.

A person's blood pressure is 135/85 mmHg. You think it is good, but the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in his future will be doubled compared with the blood pressure of 115/75 mmHg.

Back to the elderly. A 80 -year -old healthy old man does not take any medicine, blood pressure is 110/70 mmHg. Is this normal? Of course normal, this is very ideal blood pressure.

However, this does not mean that we should reduce everyone's blood pressure below 120/80 mmHg. People without blood pressure, we should strive to maintain blood pressure at the ideal level above through healthy living habits. However, people who have already occurred in high blood pressure need to be decided to control what level of blood pressure is controlled according to the specific situation of individuals.

Studies in my country have shown that for the elderly with good physical condition 60-80 years old, taking antihypertensive drugs to control high pressure at 110-130 mmHg can more effectively reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Many people think that the blood pressure of the elderly should be higher, and some people say that the blood pressure of the elderly does not exceed 150 mmHg. These statements are inaccurate.

Human blood pressure control goals of different ages are indeed different. Regardless of which age, if the blood pressure is lower without using antihypertensive drugs, the physical damage of the arteries will be smaller, and it will not be prone to motion pulse hardening.

For example, 70 -year -old people are also 70 -year -old. Without using antihypertensive drugs, one person's blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg, and the other person's blood pressure is 140/90 mmHg. Risk must be lower. Therefore, people of any age should maintain blood pressure at the ideal level by changing unhealthy living habits.

The reason why the blood pressure requirements for the elderly are more loose, and considering that some elderly people have weak constitutions, they often combine atherosclerotic hardened diseases. Excessive blood pressure control may increase the risk of adverse reactions. But this is not absolute. If the health of the elderly is very good, there is no disease such as coronary heart disease, and blood pressure can also be reduced to less than 130/80 mmHg.

Therefore, after the elderly find that the blood pressure is slightly higher, it is also necessary to actively treat it under the guidance of the doctor. Don't think that the blood pressure should be high.

Source: Guo Yifang Heart Frontier

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