Are You In The Right Blood Pressure Range?
High blood pressure is like many health conditions; each person will be able tolerate different ranges of blood pressure levels and they will have differing effects on each persons body. There are some guidelines that can help the medical community apply a standard approach dependent upon the blood pressure range they fit within. This can be a bit of a blunt approach to the problem, as the point where elevated blood pressure (hypertension) becomes a problem is different for each person. But in general, as these guidelines are based on the average readings across a large population they can be considered as relatively accurate. Interestingly, the numerical ranges that are used in different countries vary and are set by the medical community in each region. This is generally because some races have different tolerance and research has shown in those regions what is an acceptable risk. In the US for people to be considered as having a “normal” blood pressure reading they would need to hav
