 [ Symptoms ] is my husbands low pulse rate something to worry about he is on high blood pressure and this morning at 9 am his blood pressure was 13<negative_smiley>68 with a pulse of 55 earlier this morning his pulse was 54 [ Disease ] the question is really ambiguous as there are a lot of factors that needs to be considered to answer the question properly 1 your husband physically fit having a resting pulse rate of 55 is hard to achieve unless you are an athlete 2 does he have have any medical condition or take medication that can affect him to have low blood pressure 3 in the blood pressure reading the bottom number diastolic is low while the top number systolic is normal 4 is he tired nausea etc posting symptom of low blood pressure <link> if he is physically fit and do not experience those symptom then there is nothing to worry about otherwise should go to a doctor as people blood pressure rises as they age usually