Wondering about blood pressure and losing weight

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  • KWlosingit
    KWlosingit Posts: 122 Member
    I am fat but have lost almost 50 so far and my blood pressure has always been normal but my skinny husband takes medicine for high blood pressure. So weight is not always the driving force for blood pressure.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,337 Member
    KWlosingit wrote: »
    I am fat but have lost almost 50 so far and my blood pressure has always been normal but my skinny husband takes medicine for high blood pressure. So weight is not always the driving force for blood pressure.

    I don't think anyone here said it was. However, for people who had normal blood pressure that went up when they put on weight very often weight loss will bring down the blood pressure as well.
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    airforceman1979 wrote: »
    Okay I've lost a lot of weight I still have a lot to lose my blood pressure dropped so low that they had to take me off of one of my blood pressure medicine and it's still on the Lower side 120 over 60 I I have a plan to see my cardiologists I was just wondering if other people have had similar issues

    Weight loss is one of the modifiable risk factors for hypertension and a non pharmaceutical was to help treat it.

    A blood pressure of 120/60 is not on the lowish side. It's considered normotensive (text book perfect BP for an adult is 120/80).

    Talk to your cardiologist. Try not to read too many anecdotal responses about what happened to other people. Remember, this is the Internet. Get the actual advice from the doc.

    Think of reductions in meds as excellent progress. This is not really an issue, rather a hoped for benefit.

    Well done.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    lizery wrote: »
    airforceman1979 wrote: »
    Okay I've lost a lot of weight I still have a lot to lose my blood pressure dropped so low that they had to take me off of one of my blood pressure medicine and it's still on the Lower side 120 over 60 I I have a plan to see my cardiologists I was just wondering if other people have had similar issues

    Weight loss is one of the modifiable risk factors for hypertension and a non pharmaceutical was to help treat it.

    A blood pressure of 120/60 is not on the lowish side. It's considered normotensive (text book perfect BP for an adult is 120/80).

    Talk to your cardiologist. Try not to read too many anecdotal responses about what happened to other people. Remember, this is the Internet. Get the actual advice from the doc.

    Think of reductions in meds as excellent progress. This is not really an issue, rather a hoped for benefit.

    Well done.

    It only takes one of the BP numbers to be low for the whole BP to be considered low. Depending on where you live and what your doctor decides to follow, BP ranges changed. 120/80 is considered prehypertensive with 110/70 being normal (perfect), at least in Canada and U.K..
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    lizery wrote: »
    airforceman1979 wrote: »
    Okay I've lost a lot of weight I still have a lot to lose my blood pressure dropped so low that they had to take me off of one of my blood pressure medicine and it's still on the Lower side 120 over 60 I I have a plan to see my cardiologists I was just wondering if other people have had similar issues

    Weight loss is one of the modifiable risk factors for hypertension and a non pharmaceutical was to help treat it.

    A blood pressure of 120/60 is not on the lowish side. It's considered normotensive (text book perfect BP for an adult is 120/80).

    Talk to your cardiologist. Try not to read too many anecdotal responses about what happened to other people. Remember, this is the Internet. Get the actual advice from the doc.

    Think of reductions in meds as excellent progress. This is not really an issue, rather a hoped for benefit.

    Well done.

    It only takes one of the BP numbers to be low for the whole BP to be considered low. Depending on where you live and what your doctor decides to follow, BP ranges changed. 120/80 is considered prehypertensive with 110/70 being normal (perfect), at least in Canada and U.K..

    Odd 120/80 is considered textbook perfect here in Switzerland...
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    By the way, diabetics are watched much more closely for their blood pressure and their tolerated upper limit is lowered. This is because of their higher risk of heart attack and other complications.
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    Yeah I originally started losing weight to keep the doc from putting me on bp meds..now I'm 125lb lighter and still the same bp...kinda sucks hahaha
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    zyxst wrote: »
    lizery wrote: »
    airforceman1979 wrote: »
    Okay I've lost a lot of weight I still have a lot to lose my blood pressure dropped so low that they had to take me off of one of my blood pressure medicine and it's still on the Lower side 120 over 60 I I have a plan to see my cardiologists I was just wondering if other people have had similar issues

    Weight loss is one of the modifiable risk factors for hypertension and a non pharmaceutical was to help treat it.

    A blood pressure of 120/60 is not on the lowish side. It's considered normotensive (text book perfect BP for an adult is 120/80).

    Talk to your cardiologist. Try not to read too many anecdotal responses about what happened to other people. Remember, this is the Internet. Get the actual advice from the doc.

    Think of reductions in meds as excellent progress. This is not really an issue, rather a hoped for benefit.

    Well done.

    It only takes one of the BP numbers to be low for the whole BP to be considered low. Depending on where you live and what your doctor decides to follow, BP ranges changed. 120/80 is considered prehypertensive with 110/70 being normal (perfect), at least in Canada and U.K..

    Odd 120/80 is considered textbook perfect here in Switzerland...

    Same here in Australia.

    As far as looking at LOW blood pressure the mean arterial pressure (systolic + diastolic + diastolic) divided by 3 is far more indicative of a problem such as end organ perfusion than just a single lowish systolic (top number) or diastolic (lower number).

    While guidelines may differ geographically, I'm quite sure there isn't change in minimal perfusion pressures etc.

    ...........

    OP needs to talk to his doctor and not listen to people like us ramble about normal as target blood pressure will vary between individuals to some extent.
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