Patient's question:
I currently have some questions about high blood pressure and low blood pressure. Is high diastolic pressure considered high blood pressure?Doctor's answer:
Hello, based on your description, low blood pressure, which is also known as decreased diastolic pressure, indicates the presence of hypertension. This is because the standard definition of hypertension is that either the systolic pressure or the diastolic pressure, or both, are above the normal range. Hypertension with high diastolic pressure is also referred to as isolated diastolic hypertension. This is primarily caused by a high cardiac preload, and can be treated by taking oral diuretic antihypertensive medications.