How high should blood pressure get to be considered dangerous??

sometimes exercise and stress may raise bp slightly but try to start low salt low fat diet and mesure ur bp in3 different times ,then if its higher then normal limits u should visit ur doc if u have family history of h b pressure go and check its good that u dont have bad habits like smoking the best to consult u family doc

i would talk to your doctor again. it could be cholesterol. like you, i'm young (34), very active, don't smoke anything, drink moderately and eat well. this same issue just came up for me. i'm not a doctor, but i'm going to speak with them soon about cholesterol. also are you black? high blood pressure affects black people more than any other race. as far as strokes go, do you get headaches? again talk to your dr.

120/85 isn't bad, but the others are high, but not to really worry. I am not a Dr. but you should be on something. Mine has been as high as 265/125, that is when they didn't think I was going to live through the night. The worrying is what is probably causing it to be so high. It also depends on how much you did before they took it as well, all activities, even walking can increase it, but that doesn't make it dangerous.

Anything above 140 is considered high blood pressure.