Blood pressure - what does it mean?

[jago25_98]

Took my blood pressure at work today.

I got a reading of 127/24 at a heart rate of 73bpm.

According to

the first systolic bit is bad while the second systolic bit is either very low or wrong?

Later in the day and taken in a worse manner, more stressful environment I got a reading of 130/79 at 73bpm. Is that earlier reading wrong?

What can I learn from this about my body other than I'm mostly ok?

What is systolic and dystolic, which matters and why. My systolic was higher than expected and dystolic was lower.

 

[Polcas]

If your earlier take would've been correct, probably you will no longer be with us... It's impossible to have "24" dystolic...
Systolic is the pressure when the heart is contracting and Dystolic is the opposite. So, the pressure is higher when the heart is sending blood.
The healthier values are between 12 and 13 for systolic and between 7 and 8 for dystolic. You're alright Buddy.