Table for classifying blood-pressure values (units mmHG) according to 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 and 140 between 60 and 90
Self-check
Mild hypertension
between 140 and 160 between 90 and 100
Consult your doctor
Moderate
between 160 and 180 between 100 and 110 Consult your doctor
hypertension
Severe hypertension higher than 180
higher than 110
Consult your doctor
immediately
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Further information
• If your values are mostly standard under resting conditions but exceptionally high under con-
ditions of physical or psychological stress, it is possible that you are suffering from so-called
«labile hypertension». Please consult your doctor if you suspect that this might be the case.
• Correctly measured diastolic blood-pressure values above 120 mmHg require
immediate
medical treatment.
2.3. What can be done, if regular increased/low values are obtained?
a) Please consult your doctor.
b) Increased blood-pressure values (various forms of hypertension) are associated long- and
medium term with considerable risks to health. This concerns the arterial blood vessels of
your body, which are endangered due to constriction caused by deposits in the vessel walls
(Arteriosclerosis). A deficient supply of blood to important organs (heart, brain, muscles) can
be the result. Furthermore, with long-term continuously increased blood-pressure values, the
heart will become structurally damaged.
c) There are many different causes of the appearance of high blood pressure. We differentiate
between the common primary (essential) hypertension, and secondary hypertension. The
latter group can be ascribed to specific organic malfunctions. Please consult your doctor for
information about the possible origins of your own increased blood pressure values.
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