122/72 today. cheap watch/tracker. ‘pulse pressure’ is 122 - 72 = 50. 40 is healthy, 60 is unhealthy, so guess i’ll live.
I recently started paying more attention to my blood pressure because of some new meds, and I was actually shocked how easy it is to measure it in the US. Pretty much any pharmacy let’s you measure it for free. I ended up buying a monitor to use at home, and it was less than $20.
Before this though, I had no idea about these things. I didn’t even know what the numbers meant, any time a nurse would tell me during a checkup.
In the US, 92 percent of adults are actively avoiding going to the doctor because they can’t even afford copays if they have insurance, never mind those without, so I’m assuming the number is much higher here.
Thats cause they live in a third world country where only the rich can afford proper healthcare.
Hey some of us also avoid the doctor because its scary! ☹️
This study was specifically in England, so probably not directly applicable to the US given the disparity in healthcare access. I’m inclined to agree that the percentage of adults in the US with undiagnosed high blood pressure is probably higher.
More than one-third of adults in England have high blood pressure and two-thirds of these are unaware of their diagnosis according to a new study of 1.4 million adults published in BMJ Public Health.
Yep, that’s why I specified the US, I did actually read the article before commenting. I think it’s worth mentioning because that’s a hot topic presently and it’s always good to remind people to get checked if they can.
Ah, sorry, misread your comment
When detection was added to the Apple Watch, I was notified after the first month of analysis. And went to the doctor.
It got me on the right track, and a year later I’ve gone down to minimal medication for it. I might be off of it completely sometime next year.
That’s how I found out mine was high too. Wasn’t high enough to go on meds, but higher than I was comfortable with after doing some research. Totally changed my diet, now normal numbers 10 months later.
