What does a blood pressure of 134/127 mean?

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That's pretty high. You should call your doctor as soon as possible. You may have hypertension (chronic high blood pressure) and need to be placed on blood pressure medicine. Or you could be on the way to a heart attack, but I hope not. Please call the doc soon.

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it means high blood pressure. if this is normal, medications and changing your eating habits will help. eat less salt. in fact, cut out as much as possible. it really helps a lot.

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Im not sure but normal is 120/80 so the 127 number is extremely high see you doctor

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The two numbers are systolic and diastolic. When your heart beats, the pressure goes up with each beat, and it goes down between beats. The highest point is called systolic and the lowest is diastolic.The way they take your blood pressure is they put that cuff on your arm and listen for your heartbeat while they pump air into it. When they can't hear your heartbeat, the air pressure in the cuff is equal to the systolic pressure, the pressure of your heartbeat. They they let the air out slowly until they can hear the heartbeat again, and that's the diastolic pressure.High blood pressure is called a 'silent killer' because you usually don't feel sick, but you have more chance of having a stroke or a heart attack. 134/127 sounds kind of high, but your doctor should tell you if he thinks it's dangerous, and help you decide what to do about it.

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Your BP machine is faulty. No one can live with a pulse pressure of 7mm!

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Your heart and arteries can't relax much, and can't beat much harder. Extremely unusual.If you are dehydrated or don't usually drink much, get in the habit. Blood can thicken and increase blood pressure when dehydrated.

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