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What Is The Normal Blood Pressure For Adults?
My uncle is 62 year old and has problems with his blood pressure. Yesterday he was at the hospital and he s blood pressure was fine... a little high but okay. Now, however, it s under 100. for example: the lowest was 84/ 45. The highest was 99/ 62. He is on medication but don t think there working right. On top of that problem he has diabetes and CANCER.... stage 4.... and losing weight. Now that you have this information.... my question is... what is a normal blood pressure for a 62 year old male? And if the cancer and/ or the diabetes are causing it to drop?
Tue, 19 May 2015
Hello,
I can understand your concern for your uncle and had gone through your question thoroughly.
First of all, i would like to tell you that a 62 year old male should have BP lower than 130/80 mm of Hg and its normal for your uncle.
Diabetes usually will increase the blood pressure rather than lowering the BP. Cancer can increase or decrease the BP, depending on so many things.
I would like to tell you that your uncle's BP is quite lower than usual and it can create few serious problems sometimes. If you can tell me what kind of medications your uncle is taking, then i can guide you further.
Hope this will help you and let me know your further queries.
I can understand your concern for your uncle and had gone through your question thoroughly.
First of all, i would like to tell you that a 62 year old male should have BP lower than 130/80 mm of Hg and its normal for your uncle.
Diabetes usually will increase the blood pressure rather than lowering the BP. Cancer can increase or decrease the BP, depending on so many things.
I would like to tell you that your uncle's BP is quite lower than usual and it can create few serious problems sometimes. If you can tell me what kind of medications your uncle is taking, then i can guide you further.
Hope this will help you and let me know your further queries.
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