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Detecting pre-hypertension at an early stage, should encourage lifestyle changes that could help lower cardiovascular risks. Lifestyle changes “can be as good as 1-2 blood pressure lowering medication pills,” Bakris said. Lifestyle changes are the foundation of therapy, not just medication. According to George Bakris, MD, director of the Comprehensive Hypertension Center at the University of Chicago Medicine, people should “focus on their lifestyle (salt intake, sleep and exercise) as well as stop smoking… to reduce cardiovascular risk and blood pressure.” The benefit of this update is an awareness of cardiovascular health through early detection, proper blood pressure management and lifestyle modifications. Hypertensive crisis: Systolic over 180 and/or diastolic over 120.Stage 2: Systolic at least 140 or diastolic at least 90 mm Hg.

Stage 1: Systolic between 130-139 or diastolic between 80-89.

Elevated: Systolic between 120-129 and diastolic less than 80.

If your blood pressure is measured at 130/80 mm Hg or higher, you are now considered to have high blood pressure.īlood pressure categories in the new guideline are:

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have issued new blood pressure guidelines that redefine high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.