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Hi Sir, I am 75 years and today my bp is 140/105. What is 140 and 105 denotes in BP measurement. Please guide me how to control it.
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Upper reading is called systolic, when the heart contract to send blood to entire body Lower reading is diastolic, when heart relaxes. Heart beats 60-90/ minute In your case systolic is 140 and diastolic is 105. Gap between the two should be 40 Get investigation done for BP, diastolic is high though systolic is normal.
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