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Even with normal blood pressure values, a regular self-check with your blood
pressure monitor is recommended. In this way you can timely detect deviations
from permissible values and take the necessary measures to prevent hyperten-
sion and the development of complications. If for medical reasons you have to
control your blood pressure, measure it regularly at the same time of the day and
keep a self-monitoring diary so that the doctor could evaluate changes in values.
Never use the results of your measurements to alter independently the drug
doses prescribed by your doctor.
Table for classifying blood pressure values (unit: mm Hg) according to World
Health Organization
Range
Systolic blood
pressure
Diastolic blood
pressure
Measures
Hypotension Lower than 100 Lower than 60
Consult your
doctor
Blood pressure
optimum
100–120 60–80 Self-check
Blood pressure
normal
120–130 80–85 Self-check
Blood pressure
slightly high
130–140 85–90
Consult your
doctor
Blood pressure
too high
140–160 90–100
Seek medical
advice
Blood pressure
far too high
160–180 100–110
Seek medical
advice
Blood pressure
dangerously high
Higher than 180 Higher than 110
Urgently seek
medical advice!
Further information
If your values are mostly standard 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». This condition also requires correc-
tion, please consult a doctor.
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