Normal blood pressure for a 50-year-old woman

The normal blood pressure for a 50-year-old woman is around 130. If it is too high or too low, the body must be adjusted in time. Blood pressure values ​​can directly reflect our physical condition. If your blood pressure is too high or too low, you will need to take medication to maintain normal blood pressure. The best situation is to adjust it through diet. This is the best way.

1. Normal blood pressure range for 50-year-olds

The normal blood pressure range for a 50-year-old man is around 133/87 mmHg.

The normal blood pressure range for women aged 50 is around 133/82 mmHg.

The normal range of blood pressure is generally:

Normal blood pressure: Systolic blood pressure is 18.7 kPa (140 mmHg) or below, diastolic blood pressure is 12.0 kPa (90 mmHg) or below, and it is not hypotension, which should be considered as normal blood pressure.

Borderline hypertension: systolic blood pressure is between 18.8-21.2 kPa (141-159 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure is between 12.1-12.5 kPa (91-95 mmHg).

Confirmed hypertension: Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure reaching or exceeding 21.3 kPa (160 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure reaching or exceeding 12.7 kPa (95 mm Hg).

2. What tests should be done for hypertension?

The main items of health check for hypertension include: blood pressure, cardiac color ultrasound, carotid artery color ultrasound (to detect arteriosclerosis), routine blood and urine tests, blood biochemistry), electrocardiogram, cardiopulmonary examination and neurological examination), observation of retinal lesions with an ophthalmoscope, etc.

3. Treatment of essential hypertension

3.1. Non-drug treatment

Non-drug treatment mainly refers to lifestyle intervention, that is, eliminating behaviors and habits that are not conducive to physical and mental health. A healthy lifestyle is an effective treatment for any patient with hypertension (including high-normal blood pressure) at any time, which can lower blood pressure and control other risk factors and clinical conditions. The main measures to improve lifestyle include: reducing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake; controlling weight; not smoking; not drinking excessively; exercising; reducing mental stress and maintaining psychological balance.

3.2 Drug treatment

Patients with high-risk, very high-risk or stage 3 hypertension should start antihypertensive drug treatment immediately. Patients with confirmed stage 2 hypertension should consider starting drug treatment; patients with stage 1 hypertension can start antihypertensive drug treatment if their blood pressure remains ≥140/90 mmHg after several weeks of lifestyle intervention.

Preventive measures for large fluctuations in blood pressure

1. In addition to taking antihypertensive drugs according to the peak time of their effect and the pattern of blood pressure fluctuations, you should also pay attention to the use of long-acting antihypertensive drugs, which can have a 24-hour stable blood pressure lowering effect.

2. For patients with large fluctuations in blood pressure, some secondary diseases should be considered, such as primary aldosteronism, hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, etc. Of course, these can only be confirmed after examination by a doctor.

3. Treatment of accompanying factors. For example, if patients with primary hypertension have menopausal syndrome, gallstones and other diseases, these diseases should be treated at the same time as the hypertension in order to stabilize their blood pressure. For example, for patients with concomitant cardiovascular emergencies, if the emergency is not controlled and stabilized, the patient's blood pressure will be difficult to control.

As long as the patient can pay attention to his or her special symptoms and report them to the doctor in time, the doctor will carefully analyze the situation, find out and eliminate some unfavorable factors or related diseases, and reasonably adjust the antihypertensive drugs, and the fluctuating blood pressure can be stabilized.