According to an article dr scally posted.. the new guidelines are basically anything over 120/80 will be considered elevated blood pressure.
I agree with the medical field on this on.
Elevated blood pressure causes microscopic tears in the arteries, the higher it is, the more microscopic tears you receive.
In an article I read a few years ago it stated: " as the body heals the microscopic tears over and over, the arteries become less elastic and buildup occurs from the healing process"
This is why it is very important to keep it low. Prevent complication like stroke and heart attack etc in the future.
It's horrible when I see people say 140/80 isn't that bad, Because it is in the long haul. Same as oil pressure in your car. If it remains elevated... eventually your engine will fail. ironically though, we seem to get panic stuck when that occurs and fix immediately... but when our body that gets us from point a to b is elevated, we put it aside.
If your blood pressure is elevated..really try hard to bring it down[emoji106][emoji106]