Blood pressure.

So i checked my blood pressure today when i was shopping and it was 160/95... and its usually about 120/60 and im really swollen and have a headache is.. so im just curious how high does your blood pressure have to be to be considered high? and is this something i should tell my doctor about?

That's very high

that is high... if the correct size cuff was used. with your other syptoms i would be very concerned and I woud contact my doctor if i were you

Quoting nursemaya (11weeks):" that is high... if the correct size cuff was used. with your other syptoms i would be very concerned and I woud contact my doctor if i were you"

okay thats what i was thinking. plus ive been having a lot of floaters, and today my urine output has been really low i feel.

Quoting Tiffani White1115:" okay thats what i was thinking. plus ive been having a lot of floaters, and today my urine output has been really low i feel."

you need to get your ass to the hospital ASAP. seriously if your symptoms are related to pre-e you could be close to a siezure. go in NOW

Def. call your dr. I just had my baby 2-5-13 and I was 36 weeks. My blood press. started to elevate at my 32wk checkup and my obgyn kept an eye on it - at my 34 wk checkup it was up but wasn't too high - at 35wks I left work early on a Thurs. my blood press was up & I had headaches/blurred vision. I had a slight trace of protein in my urine. My dr. put me on bedrest & sched. an appt for 1 wk. Before 1 wk was up that Sunday I was admitted to the hospital, induced on Monday and had my son on Tuesday. We had to have an emergency c-section due to my blood press/cord being around his neck. My blood press. started normal and kept elevating. The highest it got was 257/126. That was in surgery. Def. call your dr or go the er and get checked out. If you let it go it could get worse. Good luck!

I really hope OP is going in. OP please update when you have time

Quoting Tiffani White1115:" So i checked my blood pressure today when i was shopping and it was 160/95... and its usually about 120/60 ... [snip!] ... how high does your blood pressure have to be to be considered high? and is this something i should tell my doctor about?"

the ones at stores can be very inaccurate depending on when they are calibrated. i would run into your ob and have a nurse check. i did that one day and had pre/e. had headaches and blurry vision

Yes hun..call your doctor. You want to make sure it doesn't go any higher. They will advise you on whether you need to go to ER or not. Most importantly..relax..:-)

<blockquote><b>Quoting Tiffani White1115:</b>" So i checked my blood pressure today when i was shopping and it was 160/95... and its usually about 120/60 ... [snip!] ... how high does your blood pressure have to be to be considered high? and is this something i should tell my doctor about?"</blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Quoting Tiffani White1115:</b>" So i checked my blood pressure today when i was shopping and it was 160/95... and its usually about 120/60 ... [snip!] ... how high does your blood pressure have to be to be considered high? and is this something i should tell my doctor about?"</blockquote>




yes that is high you need to take it easy call your doc asap I'm going through the same thing

<blockquote><b>Quoting Tiffani White1115:</b>" So i checked my blood pressure today when i was shopping and it was 160/95... and its usually about 120/60 ... [snip!] ... how high does your blood pressure have to be to be considered high? and is this something i should tell my doctor about?"</blockquote>




yes that is high you need to take it easy call your doc asap I'm going through the same thing

mine was 200/100 in labor 160-180/86-90 b4 labor. they wernt that happy ill tell you that

I am 34 weeks and go to the doctor twice a week for blood pressure. That is very high, I would def call your doctor, considering it could be signs of preclampsia.

What is normal bp? At my last appt it was 130/70.