Blood pressure may change with age, potentially increasing cardiovascular disease risk, but there are things you can do to treat and prevent this. Your healthcare provider will also help you monitor your blood pressure regularly and adjust your treatment as needed.

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How Blood Pressure May Change With Age

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure may change differently as people age in the following ways:

Both high systolic pressure (top number) and high diastolic pressure (bottom number) may occur.

Low blood pressure overall may also occur, depending on various factors.

Systolic may rise while diastolic falls even without a prior history of hypertension .

This change may lead to isolated systolic hypertension (systolic above 129, diastolic below 90).

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