Take your stats and shove'm.
Millions of people have died who have "perfect" numbers.
122 is relatively low compared to many people. That is not really a cause for alarm. You though are alarmed by numbers that you have been taught by the medical profession. Just another example of the Health System getting people alarmed for little or nothing...
<Take your stats and shove’m.
<Millions of people have died who have “perfect” numbers.
Amen, sister. My BP is pretty good, but as a diabetic, over time they tried out 3 different BP lowering meds ‘just in case.’ I wound up in ER twice due to low BP; I thought I was having a heart attack.
Even after a 24 hour cuff showed that I didn’t have high BP, the endo swore meds were the best thing for me as a diabetic. After the ER experiences, I’ve told them to shove their meds. If I had high BP, that would be one thing, but this prophylactic medicating is garbage and probably dangerous. I frequently take my BP at home; if things got bad, I’d report it to the doc, but if not, to heck with ‘em.
The difference is due, in part, to minor blood pressure changes that are normal on a moment to moment basis and also to the fact that you have warmed up the plastic wrapper!
Your first reading is a combined reading for your blood pressure AND the resistance of the blood pressure device's covering.
Close your eyes, begin humming "Ummmmmmmmmm" very quietly to yourself ~ imagine your body levitating above the examination table, think quiet thoughts ~ imagine your heart beat slowing ~ GOOD FOR 10 POINTS EVERY SINGLE TIME!
A systolic of 122 is perfect. A diastolic of 122 is serious....Systolic is the first # diastolic is the 2nd# and the most important of the two...A diastolic of 122 would have a systolic much higher...the second number is always lower than the first..as I said, normal borderline high b/p has been 140 over 90 for decades....122 is a good first number. but a 122 over 100 would need to be retaken as it is probably a wrong reading. the second # of 100 is high...