If you are undergoing medical treatment to control your blood pressure, please keep a record of
the level of your blood pressure by carrying out regular self-measurements at specific times of
the day. Show these values to your doctor. Never use the results of your measurements to
alter independently the drug doses prescribed by your doctor.
Table for classifying blood-pressure values (units mmHG) according to World Health Organization:
Range
Hypotension
Optimal range
Normal range
High-normal range
Mild hypertension
Moderate hypertension between 160 and 180 between 100 and 110 Consult your doctor
Severe hypertension
☞ Further information
• If your values are mostly standard under resting conditions but exceptionally high under
conditions of physical or psychological stress, it is possible that you are suffering from so- called
«labile hypertension». Please consult your doctor if you suspect that this might be the case.
• Correctly measured diastolic blood-pressure values above 120mmHg require immediate
medical treatment.
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Systolic
Blood Pressure
lower than 100
between 100 and 120 between 60 and 80
between 120 and 130 between 80 and 85
between 130 and 140 between 85 and 90
between 140 and 160 between 90 and 100
higher than 180
Diastolic
Blood Pressure
lower than 60
higher than 110
Measures
Consult your doctor
Self-check
Self-check
Consult your doctor
Consult your doctor
Consult your doctor
immediately