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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Nunki · 31-35, F

As far as I know low is below 90/60 but a single reading can be very inaccurate. Perhaps the monitor was giving off numbers or you were particularly tired on that day

cherokeepatti · 70-79, F

@Nunki it was today and I wasn’t tired