but no blood pressure number alone warrants an ambulance without also having symptoms of something like a heart attack or stroke that indicates organ damage.
Idk, I’d say a blood pressure of 300/200 or 50/20 would warrant an ER ambulance trip, even without symptoms
I guess we could argue at what point it is no longer physically possible to be asymptomatic with an extremely high blood pressure, but to date there is no evidence to support the treatment of the blood pressure number alone in the acute setting.
Low blood pressure is a separate issue, but also only really treated if causing issues for a patient; however similarly, one questions the plausibility that a patient could be properly perfusing their organs and therefore have no other signs/symptoms of organ damage with a mean arterial pressure of ~30 mm Hg.
I think once I got near that level post dialysis and had no symptoms…
Until the moment I stood up. Then it was all the symptoms.
Likewise, I haven’t have 300/200, but did have 200+/150+, and didn’t have symptoms… Until I went to try to sleep for the night.
That’s the issue with your premise. It’s reactionary treatment rather than preventative, and from personal experience preventative is much more pleasant.
But I suppose in the USA the standard for example is reactionary treatment due to healthcare only being private and the insurance companies not wanting to pay up.
Idk, I’d say a blood pressure of 300/200 or 50/20 would warrant an ER ambulance trip, even without symptoms
50/20 is just about my normal resting.
You’re pretty short aren’t you? 😅
I guess we could argue at what point it is no longer physically possible to be asymptomatic with an extremely high blood pressure, but to date there is no evidence to support the treatment of the blood pressure number alone in the acute setting.
Low blood pressure is a separate issue, but also only really treated if causing issues for a patient; however similarly, one questions the plausibility that a patient could be properly perfusing their organs and therefore have no other signs/symptoms of organ damage with a mean arterial pressure of ~30 mm Hg.
I think once I got near that level post dialysis and had no symptoms…
Until the moment I stood up. Then it was all the symptoms.
Likewise, I haven’t have 300/200, but did have 200+/150+, and didn’t have symptoms… Until I went to try to sleep for the night.
That’s the issue with your premise. It’s reactionary treatment rather than preventative, and from personal experience preventative is much more pleasant.
But I suppose in the USA the standard for example is reactionary treatment due to healthcare only being private and the insurance companies not wanting to pay up.