How Low Is Too Low For Blood Pressure For Someone Who Is Almost 70 years Old?

I went to Sam’s Club today to pickup a rotisserie chicken and some other things for lunch. Decided to sit down and get my BP checked at the machine next to the pharmacy area. It was 82/50. And marked as “normal”. Just a couple months ago my primary care doctor wanted to put me on blood pressure meds but I decided to stop drinking coffee and my BP came down.

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Gibbon · 70-79, M

I'm 70 and get similar numbers to those. I am very inactive and had the same concerns. When I'm at the doctor office my numbers are higher just because of the walking from car to office. I had the same concerns because of my age and condition plus I lost Vickie to heart failure. But she had bad heart conditions occuring. Anyway I learned that the diastolic number is the one to be considered about going much to low because that is apparently when your heart muscle gets it's oxygen. I'm sure there's much more to it but knowing this calmed me down some.

cherokeepatti · 70-79, F

@Gibbon That’s good to know, thank you.