Blood Pressure/Medical (longish)

d.g.s. writes:

What does this have to do with aviation?

Read the topic.

Hypertension is disqualifying for an aviation medical in the U.S.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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d.g.s. writes:

What does this have to do with aviation?

Read the topic.

Hypertension is disqualifying for an aviation medical in the U.S.


So what?

You can stil fly, fjukkwit.

Oh wait, YOU can't

Bertie

Mx wrote


Hypertension is disqualifying for an aviation medical in the U.S.

Readers of the group should know hypertension is commonly defined as
a blood pressure in excess of 140/90.

The FAA disqualifies those with blood pressures in excess of 155 over
something.

So the universe of those disqualified by the FAA is smaller than the
universe of those who have hypertension.

Mx's comment is a misleading statement of fact.

Again.

Tina writes:

Readers of the group should know hypertension is commonly defined as
a blood pressure in excess of 140/90.

Well, no. The threshold has been regularly lowered. Now some people are
saying that anything above "normal," which seems to be defined as 120/80, is
hypertension.

The FAA disqualifies those with blood pressures in excess of 155 over
something.

A threshold BP of 155/95 is the FAA's suggestion.

So the universe of those disqualified by the FAA is smaller than the
universe of those who have hypertension.

Not really. If the examiner determines that the applicant is hypertensive,
he's disqualified. The examiner has a certain latitude in this determination,
so one cannot say that a person with a BP of 140/95 (which makes him
hypertensive according to some) will not be disqualified.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Tina writes:

Readers of the group should know hypertension is commonly defined as
a blood pressure in excess of 140/90.

Well, no. The threshold has been regularly lowered. Now some people
are saying that anything above "normal," which seems to be defined as
120/80, is hypertension.


Awww wassamatta, widda fat boi can't get a medical?
Believe me, even if you looked like Johnny Weismuller you wouldn't get a
medical.




Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip writes:

Believe me, even if you looked like Johnny Weismuller you wouldn't get a
medical.

I don't recall saying anything about me. I only pilot simulated aircraft, so
I don't need a medical.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip writes:

Believe me, even if you looked like Johnny Weismuller you wouldn't
get a medical.

I don't recall saying anything about me. I only pilot simulated
aircraft, so I don't need a medical.

You don't pilot anything and you would never get a medical.


Bertie

Readers of the thread could contribute to start what would be the
longest thread in the site -- The Mx msistatement of fact thread.

In spite of the Mx pontifications, in the United States the medically
accepted threshold for hypertenison is 140/90. Those interested can
verify this with their own research.

In the United States the trigger point for FAA concern for medical
disqualification is 155 over something. Those interested can verify
this with their own reseach as well.

Statements typed by MX are at best mestleading.

There are exceptions, but those are the facts.


On Sep 29, 5:26 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tina writes:
Readers of the group should know hypertension is commonly defined as
a blood pressure in excess of 140/90.

Well, no. The threshold has been regularly lowered. Now some people are
saying that anything above "normal," which seems to be defined as 120/80, is
hypertension.

The FAA disqualifies those with blood pressures in excess of 155 over
something.

A threshold BP of 155/95 is the FAA's suggestion.

So the universe of those disqualified by the FAA is smaller than the
universe of those who have hypertension.

Not really. If the examiner determines that the applicant is hypertensive,
he's disqualified. The examiner has a certain latitude in this determination,
so one cannot say that a person with a BP of 140/95 (which makes him
hypertensive according to some) will not be disqualified.

Tina wrote in
ps.com:

Readers of the thread could contribute to start what would be the
longest thread in the site -- The Mx msistatement of fact thread.

In spite of the Mx pontifications, in the United States the medically
accepted threshold for hypertenison is 140/90. Those interested can
verify this with their own research.

In the United States the trigger point for FAA concern for medical
disqualification is 155 over something. Those interested can verify
this with their own reseach as well.

Statements typed by MX are at best mestleading.

There are exceptions, but those are the facts.


On Sep 29, 5:26 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tina writes:
Readers of the group should know hypertension is commonly defined
as a blood pressure in excess of 140/90.

Well, no. The threshold has been regularly lowered. Now some people
are saying that anything above "normal," which seems to be defined as
120/80, is hypertension.

The FAA disqualifies those with blood pressures in excess of 155
over something.

A threshold BP of 155/95 is the FAA's suggestion.

So the universe of those disqualified by the FAA is smaller than
the universe of those who have hypertension.

Not really. If the examiner determines that the applicant is
hypertensive, he's disqualified. The examiner has a certain latitude
in this determination, so one cannot say that a person with a BP of
140/95 (which makes him hypertensive according to some) will not be
disqualified.



Everything MX says is "FACT" - Fully Assinine & Completely Trash.

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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Tina writes:

In spite of the Mx pontifications, in the United States the medically
accepted threshold for hypertenison is 140/90. Those interested can
verify this with their own research.

I've done so. The threshold varies depending on whom you ask.

In the United States the trigger point for FAA concern for medical
disqualification is 155 over something. Those interested can verify
this with their own reseach as well.

155/95

It's not a "trigger point," though, just a figure suggested in the
documentation. The AME makes the final determination.