Question

Clearly explain whether the following blood pressure responses are normal, or not.

A. BP response to rising exercise intensity (hint look at MET and HR increases together)

B. Peak BP reached

C. BP recovery after the test

Answer 1

A Here BP response to rising excercise is quite a normal.That is normally during excercise blood pressure increases to push flow of oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.However in some individuals the response to excercise is exaggerated,instead of reaching systolic BP of around 200 mmHg so here when excercise is done it progressively results in rise in BP which is quite a normal process and doing excercise is also a healthy process.   Heart starts to pump harder and faster to circulate blood to deliver oxygen to the muscles and as a result systolic blood pressure rises its normal for systolic BP to rise between 160-220 mmHg during excercises.

B.Without a particular reason or any disease condition BP does not rise there may be a particular reason,other cses when blood pressure starts to rise is few hours before we waes up.BP continues to rise during the day usually peaing in the middle afternoon.Then in late afternoon and evening blood pressue begins dropping down.If patient has lifestyle disease due changes in lifestyle activities such as diet,decreased excercises,also results in hypertension which is a lifestyle disease and it is not a normal condition where BP rises,as age incerases there is changes in vascular system this includes reduction in elastic tissues in the arteries,causing them to become stiffer and less complaint and also Bp increases.

C. Its not possible to recover BP after test, testing is a procedure which is done to assess blood pressure level whether normal or any deviation from normal.So when BP is measured it will as of the same how it was and in case of highly increase in BP as for further information and prescribe medication and on taking medication there will be changes in BP and recovery from an abnormal state.