If you are undergoing medical treatment to control your blood pressure, please keep a record of
the level of your blood pressure by carrying out regular self-measurements at specific times of
the day. Show these values to your doctor.
Never use the results of your measurements to
alter independently the drug doses prescribed by your doctor.
Table for classifying blood-pressure values (units mmHG) according to World Health Organization:
Range
Systolic
blood pressure too low
100
60
Consult your doctor
blood pressure optimum
100 - 120
self-check
blood pressure normal
120 - 130
self-check
blood pressure slightly high
130 - 140
85 - 90
Consult your doctor
blood pressure too high
140 - 160
90 - 100
Seek medical advice
blood pressure far too high
160 - 180
100 - 110
Seek medical advice
blood pressure dangerously
high
180
110
Urgently seek
medical advice!
Diastolic
Recommendation
80 - 85
60 - 80
Colour
Light green
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
Dark
red
Light green
The higher value is the one that determines the evaluation. Example: a readout value between
150/85 or 120/98 mmHg indicates «blood pressure too high».
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Further information
• If your values are mostly standard under resting conditions but exceptionally high under
conditions of physical or psychological stress, it is possible that you are suffering from so- called
«labile hypertension». Please consult your doctor if you suspect that this might be the case.
• Correctly measured diastolic blood-pressure values above 120mmHg require
immediate
medical treatment.
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