New BP standards

I think they outta just fire us all, pay us a salary and do all autonomous trucks.
It’s what they want anyways.

 

The new guideline retains 2017’s four BP categories for adults, as follows:

• Normal: Less than 120 mm Hg systolic and 80 mm Hg diastolic.
• Elevated: 120–129 mm Hg systolic and less than 80 mm Hg diastolic.
• Stage 1 hypertension: 130–139 mm Hg systolic or 80–89 mm Hg diastolic.
• Stage 2 hypertension: 140 mm Hg or more systolic or 90 mm Hg or more diastolic.
  
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I had elevated BP 137/72, luckily for me I just needed to lose some weight, went from 240 back to 215, BP went back to normal.. they call it the silent killer for a reason, don't let the elevated levels persist, find out the the cause and address it.. otherwise it'll create more health problems as you AGE...

 

I highly recommend everyone get their own blood pressure machine they’re about $35 at Walmart. They even make them now where they go over your wrist and they’re very accurate. Take your blood pressure a few times a day. Don’t just rely on what it says when you go to the doctor. White Coat syndrome is a real thing. Check it in the morning when you first wake up. Check it after different activities. You’ll get an overall feel for where you’re really at. A single reading after you walk in from the parking lot and plop down into the doctors office when you’re probably already stressed out , not an accurate way to gauge where you really at and next thing you know you’re on medication that you may not need. Then you’re #### near passing out because now your blood pressure is too low. I’ve seen that story many times. Had that happen to older friends I know.

High blood pressure is real and if you have it, you should be treated. I’m just saying there’s a lot of people out there being treated for it and they don’t really need it.

 

So what I gather is the definition has changed for hypertension. Anything now over 120/70 is considered hypertension. When they revamped it in 2017 the definition of hypertension was anything over 130/80. The guidelines are the same as they were they just fiddled with the hypertension part.
Yes it remains to be seen, wouldn't surprise me if they change it for cdls somewhere. Lets hope not. Only thing going for us is the guidelines are the same.
Now half of Americans will be diagnosed with high bp and if you look at truckers it will probably be 75%. #### ridiculous. When I get my physical I am lucky to keep it under 140/90 . I can take it at home and even then its usually around 125/75.

 

Well, naturally I think it's a ploy to further enhance the drug companies profits, AND, at the same time, cut the pool of available drivers even more. I'm a HUGE skeptic with the BP schtick. I do think BP is important to monitor, but so many factors can produce erroneous readings, heck, if the phone rings, I bet my BP jumps. My neighbor was told to monitor her BP, she got a new BP machine, we never did get the same reading twice. BP meds have long been over prescribed, I read, and in some cases, a more natural approach is just as good. My Dr. told me, in a person my age( 70) relatively fit, to look for 140/90 max. When I went in, I was nervous, the reading was like 165/110. In the 10 minutes I sat there, it went down to 145/95. Right now I'm on 2 types of BP meds that haven't been recalled, yet, and on the low end of dosage, I don't know if "more is better" in this case, my Dr. doesn't seem to think so, but I don't have that "standard" to worry about either. The anxiety of that alone will cause many to fail. Another brilliant idea,,,

 

BP readings haven’t changed..

Treatment guidelines changed..nothing more than a recommendation / guidelines for Dr’s.

Not going to have any affect on CDL’s