DD's blood pressure

[Coconut49]

My DD is 20, tall and slim (size 8) but not that fit in her opinion although she does walk a lot. She is on the pill. I took her blood pressure to try out my new BP machine and the readings have been quite high (in the red band on the machine). Today was 102/91. Yesterday was 110/98. Mine and my DH's readings have been normal so I think the machine is ok. DH thinks her BP is higher as she feels she is unfit. But surely for a slim 20 year old BP should be lower than it is? I have suggested she goes to see nurse at university medical centre to get it checked out but she is reluctant to go as she went a month ago for renewal of the pill prescription and bp was 110/86 and she was told it was normal. She is just home this weekend but back to uni tomorrow. Any medical professionals able to offer advice?

She will need to get her bp monitored over a week 1 reading morning 1 reading evening at the same time then take an average.
I have just had to do this and its not as bad and if you are worried about your bp ot goes up by doing it over a week you calm down if you see whatbi mean.
If her bp is still high she will have to change her pill to the mini one I think .
As for being slim I am a size 10 have an active job do loads of walking, eat a balanced diet and my natural bp is 140/124 way too high . I now take daily bp medication and hover around 121/ 87

The systolic of 110 is not a bad figure. It's the diastolic of 90+ that is a worry.

Most people, unless diabetic/smoker a general rule would be a maximum of 140/80.

Get her to do 5 days worth of readings both AM and PM when she is relaxed and calm (I shall suggest to patients the evening one could be when they are watching tv in the evening as they don't focus on the result so much).

Those are slightly odd readings. It's unusual to have the systolic and diastolic readings do close together. (Eg 100/90) I'd check with another machine.

Thank you for the responses. I will have to try to persuade her to test regularly. I did readings when she was relaxed watching telly but she was moaning that it was 'hurting' as it tightened on her arm so not sure if she tenses up too much and whether this affects her BP.

My BP is like this!

I've had it taken at the GP several times now and it's always around 112/90. The GP always says its fine, but I know diastolic of 90 is high. I was also worried about why the difference between the 2 numbers is small, and tried googling it but didn't find anything relevant.

@TawdryBrush

My BP is like this!

I've had it taken at the GP several times now and it's always around 112/90. The GP always says its fine, but I know diastolic of 90 is high. I was also worried about why the difference between the 2 numbers is small, and tried googling it but didn't find anything relevant.

Are you a similar age and body shape Tawdry?

It’s unlikely to be accurate with that pulse pressure. The automated machines measure systolic and mean arterial pressure and calculate rather than measure the diastolic. The wrong size cuff can also affect the result. Probably best to get it done again by someone who can tell whether those things may be an issue and/or can do it manually with a sphygmomanometer.

@Greybeardy

It’s unlikely to be accurate with that pulse pressure. The automated machines measure systolic and mean arterial pressure and calculate rather than measure the diastolic. The wrong size cuff can also affect the result. Probably best to get it done again by someone who can tell whether those things may be an issue and/or can do it manually with a sphygmomanometer.

Thank you, I will encourage her to get it checked with her medical centre.

Curious for an update @Coconut49?

My daughter has returned to uni and has said she will get it checked at medical centre. I have yet to hear that she has (she was reluctant as said BP a month ago when pill issued was ok according to nurse - diastolic figure was 86 then). If she hasn't gone, I will try to persuade her to! But she's very stubborn!

@Coconut49 I don't want to alarm you but I have learnt that this is incredibly dangerous and can be a major red flag for renal function and blood poisoning. Please, please get her to at least call 111 ASAP.

It could be the pill she is on causing it to raise.

@Mamabear12 it's about the fact there is less than 40mgl between the systolic and diastolic.

She should see her GP asap and discuss.

She went today to get it checked and the nurse said it was ok although towards higher end of normal. I wonder if it was my cheap machine. It was £20 from British Heart foundation!

Glad she got checked @Coconut49
Manual BP is always best but it's an art.

Speak to gp if concerned but really needs to be monitored over a long stretch of time to see what it's doing. I'm fairly young and my bottom number is often around 90, sometimes a little higher. No doctor has ever been concerned 🤯 but definitely worth a visit to them!