What should be the normal Blood Pressure for a Sri Lankan By Dr Harold Gunatillake The blood pressure that is considered normal for men and women seems to be changing from time and again. When we were medical students in the fifties, we were told that the upper pressure should be less than your age plus 100: meaning, if you are 50 years, your normal systolic pressure should be 150mm.Hg or less. With time, studies revealed that the incidence and the risk of heart disease and stroke was quite high with such blood pressure readings.   Then, it was realised that the strain on the Heart muscles with this respective BP considered normal, was too severe, resulting in high incidence of heart problems, including failure.         The blood pressure of an individual depends on the force of blood ejected from the left lower chamber (ventricle) of the ...

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