From the age of 18 to a few years ago my BP was 145/90 at every annual medical. A very wise surgeon friend said "well, that's you - that's your blood pressure. And your system will have 'grown up' to tolerate that. Just as Mrs OFSO has a normal BP of 120/65 and that is her level and she could not tolerate yours for ten years."
In the same way my uric acid is high but I don't have gout. And I know folk with cholesterol over 200 who have lived in a state of great health to 93, and people with abnormal triglyceride levels who have survived to their late eighties.
I believe in taking precautions (obesity, smoking, drinking, free radicals) but I think sometimes the medical profession forgets we are all different.
Another wise old German (not the same one but just as wise !) said to me once: "we doctors should always remember: treat the patient, not the test results".
Last edited by OFSO; 13th Nov 2013 at 12:29.