Blood pressure 140 over 74

[Xpliot]

So donated blood today. My blood pressure was 140 over 74. She said I should let me doctor know. High blood pressure does run in my family so made an appointment to see my doctor Monday was wondering if it’s that big of a concern tho since I’m still fresh to all of this.

 

[Kad1]

It is a bit high. How’s your weight? Holding any water?

 

[John]

I’ve went to donate before and they didn’t let do it cause mine was to high…yeah talk to your doc,hows your sodium Intake??

 

[Poppy]

This is what it looks like

 

[Poppy]

Might have been white coat syndrome

 

[Xpliot]

I hold water I feel like idk how to really tell. And I’m sitting at 200 right now still pretty lean and I try not to eat a lot of sodium besides my steak seasoning

 

[JLee]

My blood pressure gets high when I’m at doctor’s or dentist. It’s fine when I check it at home.

 

[Poppy]

Mine is always in upper right corner of normal/ideal and at Red Cross it’s high.

 

[Poppy]

To answer your question. Yes high bp/hypertension IS a big deal.

It will kill you. Go see your doc and see what he says. Maybe just a spike… maybe lower sodium a bit.

 

[herrubermensch]

That’s isolated systolic hypertension. 140 is a little high, but there are so many factors that could have pumped it up to that level temporarily that I wouldn’t worry about it unless it is consistently at that level or above. When I am all jacked up, my systolic reaches into the 140s, but it is episodic and drops quickly. My diastolic, like yours, is always low, usually 60-70.

 

[herrubermensch]

I get white-coat syndrome as well. Always freaks the PA out because my systolic goes nuts, but only for a nanosecond.