At what point is blood presure considered to be low. mine is 127 over 87 and my pulse is 55?

Question

At what point is blood presure considered to be low. mine is 127 over 87 and my pulse is 55?

Answer 1

Your blood pressure is normal. Anything below 120 over 80 is considered low. A normal pulse is between 60 and 100 but at 55 I wouldn't worry, your pulse changes throughout the day :)

Answer 2

At that pressure you are about normal. The actual norm is 120/80. A little up or down on that is OK. Mine is 115/75 and it is considered good. Your pulse rate is good at 55 so you must be or have been a sportsman or athlete of some kind. My pulse is also 55 and when having medicals the doctors etc have trouble finding it.

Answer 3

Normal blood pressure is 120/80 or lower. High blood pressure is 140/90 or higher. If your blood pressure is between 120/80 and 140/90, you have something called "prehypertension" (you are in the beginning stages and at risk of high blood pressure). Only your doctor can tell you whether you have high blood pressure. Most doctors will check your blood pressure several times on different days before deciding that you have high blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure or prehypertension, you need to check your blood pressure regularly and keep in touch with your family doctor.

  Systolic (first number) Diastolic (second number)

Normal Less than 120 Less than 80

Prehypertension 120–139 80–89

High blood pressure: Stage 1* 140–159 90–99

High blood pressure: Stage 2 160 or higher 100 or over

Answer 4

Just like everyone's said, yours is quite normal.  My BP will drop sometimes (I've seen it at 90/60), it usually sits between 110/70-120/80.

Answer 5

a normal healthy blood pressure is 120 over 80 so urs is ok-slightly high.

Answer 6

120/80 is normal for an adult. Any thing under that would technically be considered low.

Answer 7

As noted above by chanth, your blood pressure is somewhat high, and would fit in the prehypertensive category; see the JNC7 report linked below.  Normal blood pressure is LESS than 120/80 according to current guidelines.