Doctor Reveals: Don't Be Fooled by Normal Systolic Blood Pressure!

🔴 The normal blood pressure standard for adults is systolic less than 120 mmHg and diastolic less than 80 mmHg. 🔵 Systolic Pressure: This is the maximum pressure the large blood vessels withstand when the heart 'forcefully pumps out blood'. 🔵 Diastolic Pressure: This is the baseline pressure remaining in the peripheral microvasculature (like capillaries in muscles and organs) when the heart 'relaxes and rests'. If your diastolic pressure reaches 85-90+, according to Taiwan's latest hypertension guidelines, you are already considered hypertensive! In clinics, patients with isolated high diastolic pressure often share common traits: middle-aged (30-50 years old), overweight (especially with abdominal fat), enjoy heavy-tasting food, high stress, frequent late nights, and lack of exercise. These unhealthy lifestyle habits can lead to sustained sympathetic nervous system overactivity and cause excess sodium to accumulate in the body, obstructing blood flow and causing congestion in the periphery. Chronically high diastolic pressure disproportionately harms organs rich in microvasculature! The first to suffer is the 'kidney's filtering system,' followed by the 'heart muscle (leading to ventricular hypertrophy).' If left untreated, after a few years when the large blood vessels also harden, it will develop into a more difficult-to-control 'systolic/diastolic dual high hypertension.' Diastolic pressure of 85-90+ is a serious bodily warning sign. Give yourself a few months to reverse it through weight loss, exercise, and dietary changes! If you still don't see improvement after trying, don't hesitate to consider medication. I also only ever looked at systolic pressure 😲, I'll remember to check diastolic from now on too 🫡