Is high blood pressure 160 high?

Hypertension 160mmHg is high, under normal circumstances, the normal high pressure is 90-139mmHg, high pressure over 140mmHg is hypertension, high pressure up to 160mmHg is certainly high, at this time whether or not clinical symptoms, should use antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure. Hypertension is mostly caused by family genetics, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, atherosclerosis, psychoneurological factors, etc. Long-term hypertension can cause other systemic diseases, such as heart, brain and kidney lesions. You should go to a regular public vascular medicine clinic to find out the cause of hypertension, and treat the original disease while actively using antihypertensive drugs to control blood pressure. You should combine work and rest, avoid strain, ensure sufficient sleep, avoid staying up late, maintain a happy mood and optimistic attitude, avoid emotional excitement, light, low salt, low fat, low cholesterol diet, quit smoking, alcohol, regular review, increase or decrease the amount of medication with the change of blood pressure.