Blood pressure...

By Julien on Monday, March 5 2007, 12:01 - Health - Permalink

While taking my medical certificate for the UTMB, the doctor measured a relatively high blood pressure given the amount of exercice I'm doing. It was something like 138/89 mmHg, which is at the high border of the high-normal range, sometimes also referred to as prehypertension. She started to make me feel worried about having high blood pressure. I'm not such an hypochondriac as Jerome in Three Men in a Boat, but this was told to me by a doctor...

I then bought a blood pressure monitor to control by myself the variations over the day. First test this morning, after 1h brisk walk: 118/68 mmHg. This is well in the optimal range. Hmmm, do I really have high blood pressure, or the high speed registration and doctor's stress made it higher that day ?

Ultra not so high blood pressure.

Comments

1. On Monday, March 5 2007, 19:42 by Thomas

Something similar happened to me last year, an anesthetist told me I had a quite high blood pressure, and some weeks later Dr W. told me it was ok.

2. On Wednesday, March 7 2007, 17:29 by Mike M

Julien, you are turning into a flaming hypochondriac like the rest of us. My blood pressure rises every time I hear the word Doctor..let alone visit one..or have my BP test. Keep smiling
rgds
Mike

3. On Friday, March 23 2007, 10:37 by Julien

110/60 mmHg - 51bpm this morning. My heart rate could be slightly lower.