Normal blood pressure for a 17 yr old? - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

travi17 · 12-31-2005, 07:08 PM

Hi, I recently took my blood pressure cuz I always feel like my heart is beating fast... But Ive also been told I have anxiety but I feel like I have a muscle pain on my left side sometimes or some sort of pain so I took my blood pressure I took it the first time it was

179/90
my pulse was: 90

Then I took it again because I just sat down after walking around it was

153/82
my pulse was: 96

is this normal or should I be worried about it? Thanks! Ive been known to have hypochondrio so I worry if im going to have a heart attack if even something so little is wrong.

wiredqs · 01-01-2006, 07:37 AM

You should see your Dr. Unless you have some other problems, someone as young as you should not be over 120/80. But, we don't know how high it is due to your anxiety rather than any real problem.

travi17 · 01-04-2006, 05:57 PM

Thanks, I will be sure to do that I took it today and it was around what you said, So it might just be my anxiety... I will have to go to a doctor to check it out, Is it still safe to run and workout still you think?

starsofglass · 01-05-2006, 01:56 AM

Of course it's still safe, it's even recommended to lower bp.

travi17 · 01-05-2006, 02:09 AM

Oh ok thanks