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What Is A Normal BP For A 16 Year Old ?

What is a normal blood pressure for a 16 year old female? Is 120/68 okay? where should i be around? and what do the 2 numbers mean?
Sun, 20 Dec 2009
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Normal blood pressure is what ever your body decides that it should be. Blood pressure is just a number. If you lower the pressure, your body will just increase the heart rate, to supply the blood that is needed. Trust your body, especially at your age.
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What Is A Normal BP For A 16 Year Old ?

Normal blood pressure is what ever your body decides that it should be. Blood pressure is just a number. If you lower the pressure, your body will just increase the heart rate, to supply the blood that is needed. Trust your body, especially at your age.