A new standard for hypertension has been announced! It's not 90-140. Your blood pressure may not be high.

A new standard for hypertension has been introduced. Fasting blood pressure above 90-140mmHg is hypertension. The measurement results are divided into three grades, canceling the original division of grade 3, and merging the original grade 2 and grade 3 hypertension into two grades, that is, systolic blood pressure ≧ 160mmHg, that is, the risk of hypertension is reduced, but in fact, when the diastolic blood pressure is the same, the new division rules are not only the division of the two levels. The significance behind it is to pay more attention to the dynamic monitoring of hypertension. In the past, according to the guidelines, less than 90-140mmHg is normal, at a normal critical value, but patients are prone to insufficient blood supply, such as dizziness and fatigue, so they need to be treated differently, and some patients with high blood pressure are not in the same level, so they should be calculated at a higher level. If you are at different levels twice in a row, a third measurement is required.

A new standard for hypertension was introduced. According to the previous standard, fasting blood pressure above 90-140mmHg was hypertension. According to different degrees, the measurement results were divided into three levels (insert chart). According to the new standard, the original division of grade 3 was cancelled, and the original grade 2 and grade 3 hypertension were combined into grade 2, that is, systolic blood pressure (≧ 160mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (≧ 100mmHg) were classified as grade 2.

But do not think that the elimination of level 3 means a reduced risk of hypertension, such as grade 2 hypertension, but with the same diastolic blood pressure, grade 2 of 180mmHg is more dangerous than grade 2 of 160mmHg.

Many people will ask, what is the meaning of this division? In fact, the new division rules are not just the two-level division. The significance behind it is to pay more attention to the dynamic monitoring of hypertension. In the past, according to the guidelines, it was normal to be below 90-140mmHg. For example, 90-60mmHg is at a normal threshold, but patients are prone to insufficient blood supply, such as dizziness and fatigue, so they need to be treated differently.

There are also some patients whose high pressure and low pressure are not in the same level, so they should be calculated as higher; if they are at different levels twice in a row, take the average of two times, and if the difference between the two results is greater than 5mmHg, a third measurement is needed. In addition, the old standard hypertension was judged according to the results of three measurements in different days, while the new standard was changed to three times in 1-4 weeks, so the diagnosis was more cautious.