Basically, I’ve always been really healthy, went to the doctor, got my BP (104/68) and was told it’s really healthy.
Then I said (to my Mom, an RN) “would it be better to be 104/80 or 104/60” and she just looked at me like I was crazy, then told me 104/60. Then I said, “but would it be better to be 100/72 or 104/68?” And she was just done with me at that point and I just don’t understand what these numbers mean and the internet is too advanced for me.
In: Biology
Top number is how much push when heart is beating. Bottom number is how much pressure between heartbeats. 80 on the bottom counts as “elevated” so it’s just barely too much but not quite considered “high”
Too low is not great (mine is usually in the 50s), but it’s less harmful than too high.
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