If you are undergoing medical treatment to control your blood pressure,
please keep a record of the level of your blood pressure by carrying out
regular self-measurements at specific times of the day. Show these values to
your doctor.
Never use the results of your measurements to alter
independently the drug doses prescribed by your doctor.
Table for classifying blood-pressure values (units mmHg): World Health
Organization:
Range Systolic Diastolic Measures
Blood-pressure Blood-pressure
Hypotension lower than 100 lower than 60 Check with
your doctor
Normal range between 100 between 60 Self-check
and 140 and 90
Mild between 140 between 90 Consult your
hypertension and 160 and 100 doctor
Moderately between 160 between 100 Consult your
serious and 180 and 110 doctor
hypertension
Serious higher than 180 higher than 110 Consult your
hypertension doctor
immediately
☞ FURTHER INFORMATION
• If your values are mostly normal under resting conditions but
exceptionally high under conditions of physical or psychological stress, it
is possible that you are suffering from so-called «labile hypertension». In
any case, please discuss the values with your doctor.
• Correctly measured diastolic blood-pressure values above 120mmHg
require
immediate medical treatment.
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