I went to the doc this morning to get a medical certificate for a race and he took my blood pressure. it was 10.9 which he said was quite low for a person with my level of fitness.
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any doctors would care to explain to me?

cheers

10.9 is not a blood pressure.

Blood pressures are stated as a systolic/a diastolic, so you get 120/70 or 140/90. What did he actually say?

100/90?

Are you sure that was blood pressure and not blood sugar level ie. did he prick your finger then tell you?

crikey – Member
10.9 is not a blood pressure.

Blood pressures are stated as a systolic/a diastolic, so you get 120/70 or 140/90. What did he actually say?Aren’t there are different scales (like Celsius and Fahrenheit)

I know this is probably a stupid question…but why didn’t you ask your Dr to explain!?

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Aren’t there are different scales (like Celsius and Fahrenheit)

No, there are not.

not a doctor, but you can get really faint and even collapse w/ low blood pressure often leading to easily getting head rushes (Orthostatic hypotension)

hypotension

Blood pressure chart

10 isn’t a blood pressure level it seems

Check out the link. But you probs dont have hypertension, I guess if your GP is cool w/ it then there aint no need to be concerned. Hope that helped 🙂

if it’s blood sugar, it’s quite high. Diabetic?

Worth saying twice imho.

So if you pressure WAS low, did the dr offer to test for anything such as anemia?

Whatever the actual blood pressure was, I’m surprised to learn that low blood pressure is apparently unusual in people with a good level of fitness (I assume the op is fairly fit) I didn’t know that. My blood pressure tends to drop the fitter I am.

Let’s keep guessing – maybe 109 systolic?

mastiles_fanylion – Member

So if you pressure WAS low, did the dr offer to test for anything such as anemia?

What? What on earth would anaemia have to do with BP?

On the NHS site…

How much exercise you do: initially, exercise will raise your blood pressure, but if you are healthy and exercise regularly, your blood pressure will be low when you are resting.

TJ probably nothing – I thought it did but clearly wrong.

It was blood pressure. In france it’s stated like that. 10 is rather low, 12 is normal and above is high. there must be different scales.

I did ask the question and he said something like ‘is it normally like that?’ as if I know.

I’m not worried, just curious. I thought low pressure is good as long as you don’t get headrush when you get up (i used to until I went on the i-you-know-what,must have been a sugar issue).

mf : I thought that exactly. High while you’re exercising or after and generally low when you’re at rest.

UK scale is mm of mercury as a pressure measurement and will be as crickey says. there should be two numbers tho even using differnt scales. could be cm of mercury?

crikey – Member
10.9 is not a blood pressure.

[quote]druidh – Member
Aren’t there are different scales (like Celsius and Fahrenheit)[/quote]

crikey – Member
No, there are not.

[quote]MrsMugsy – Member
It was blood pressure. In france it’s stated like that. 10 is rather low, 12 is normal and above is high. there must be different scales.[/quote]

Thank you MrsMugsy

France?…. 🙄

It means your BP is 100/90, which is fine. Go race.

Druidh, there are not different scales; there are different ways of recording it.

The only thing I remember with those numbers is iron level. 12 is good, 10 is bordering on low. But that requires a blood test.

crikey – Member
France?….

Hey – at least they use Kilometres and not Miles 🙂

Ok – mr google he say the french use cm of mercury we use mm so their reading is 1/10th of ours. still should be two numbers tho – so your 10.9 to be low should be the systolic – which is not that low. i generally run at 105 / 55 or lower and have to stand up slowly

Cholesterol level? In which case that’s high!

PAM = (PAS + 2 x PAD) / 3

This is the equation that relates the high number (PAS)and the low number (PAD) to the mean pressure (PAM)

Glad that’s sorted. It’s the same as the Spanish way.

mine is 120/60 is that fit?

TandemJeremy – Member

i generally run at 105 / 55 or lower and have to stand up slowly

Have you ever taken it between posts on a political thread TJ ?

I bet you stand up quick after you’ve posted on one of those.

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I’d have to see a photo alexxx 🙂

Fitness is little to do with BP – if yo are hypertensive it might drop it a bit to normal levels – its what is normal for yo that counts

Just using mean arterial pressure is fairly meaningless.

LOL @ ernie

+ I win with 109 systolic 8)

Crikey has got it… just add zeroes to what the french tell you. 100/90 is on the low side, but can be normal for someone of an athletic nature, in association with a lower resting pulse rate.

Don’t sweat it, race hard, don’t stand up too quickly first thing in the morning!

As stated earlier 10.9 is not a blood pressure reading. If the doc took a blood sample and said this reading was low I would guess it was a haemoglobin reading. Used to measure your oxygen caring capacities amounts others. 10.9 g/dl (grams per deciliter) is a little low. Normal parameters being around 13.5-18.0 for males. 11.5-16.0 for females.

If measuring blood sugar (bm) then 10.9 is a little high.

if you are unsure of an answer always ask for an explanation.

I work in Anaesthetics as an ODP.

Hope this helps.

sherry – we have established that the french use cm / hg so their numbers are 1/10thof ours and it looks like from what Mrsmugsey said its actually mean arterial pressure in cm / hg she has been given or possibly systolic in cm / hg

I type to slow on my phone ha ha! If using cm instead of mmHg you incorporate a decimal point but still need 2 values to obtain a mean. Either way, if its a mean or systolic its not that bad.

Was he on a CB radio??

“ten nine whiskey alpha….”

DrP