What happens if you run with high blood pressure? -

If you run at a pace of say 6.0 on a treadmill for 30 minutes, and you have been diagnosed with hypertension?

normally when you exercise you systolic number goes up temporarily and your diastolic stays the same but if you have hypertension both numbers go way up if you do any rigorous exercise. if you have hypertension at stage 1 or below the best thing is to walk on the treadmill because then it goes only slightly higher then should normally go back down on its own. if you have stage 2 consult a doctor.

it is most likely you would have a heart attack

If it is untreated, it will likely increase during exercise which will cause further damage to kidneys, eyes, not to mention increase risk for heart attack or stroke during the exercise. In the long run, exercise will help lower BP, but you should only exercise if your pressure is under control and your physician says it is okay. They call hypertension the silent killer because often there are no symptoms and people don t truly feel like they are sick so they don t take their meds. I can t tell you how many young (30 s and 40 s) patients I have cared for in the neuro ICU who are comatose because they have ignored their hypertension and now have blown out a vessel in the brain. The best thing to do is talk it over with your doctor...

Sounds like the salty meals are not a good thing. Raising your BP is expected, but maybe not that much for most people. If your resting BP is good, which you added, then the rise during exercise is of less concern. I was just in cardiac rehab, and they explained to me that during exercise, the low vaue drops more, and the upper number goes up along with the heart rate. No more salty meals. You may want to use a heart rate monitor while you run. Your HR should stay constant once you are past your warm-up. If it does, that s good. If after 15 or 20 or 25 minutes its starts to creep upward, then your heart is tiring even though you have not yet noticed. That is a good time to slow down, or slow down and do your cooldown routine and end your workout. Your heart rate should drop 30 pts in 2 minutes, back to normal in 10 minutes after you stop. If it doesn t, your workout is too hard on your heart. Keep those in mind, since they are key indicators of cardiac fitness, and longevity. Also, during a workout, you should never be breathing hard. That also is a sign you can t take it enough oxygen, and have too much CO2 in your blood.