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Suggest Treatment For High BP

hi, my blood pressure has been high today, but tonight it is still 136 over 93 on average, but my head is very dizzy and I feel very weak. I have not been able to think clearly all day. I am taking high blood pressure meds. Should I seek medical help?
Wed, 30 Mar 2016
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Hello and thank you for using HCM.I carefully read your question and I understand your concern.You shoud not worry I'll try to explain you something and give you my opinion .

When we treat hypertension our goal is to have mean values below 140/90 mmHg.
A value of 136/93 it is nothing to worry about, its not an emergency to seek medical attention but it means that the diastolic value are high and you need to arrange your medical treatment.

Excessive blood pressure values might give you headache, blurred vision, dizziness.

A lot of times It doesn't give any symtoms but persistent hight diastolic values slowly modifies heart muscle so it is very important to better control them.

A person might experience high blood pressure values during a physical or emotional stress so it is mandatory to judge on mean values during day and night.

So my opinion is that you should not worry you don't have to high values.
If I was your treating doctor I will recommend a holter pressure monitoring to have a full graphic of your blood pressure and than we can judge if we have to rise your medications or not and deside this whith your doctors.

Hope I was helpful.Wish you good health.
Best regards.
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Suggest Treatment For High BP

Hello and thank you for using HCM.I carefully read your question and I understand your concern.You shoud not worry I ll try to explain you something and give you my opinion . When we treat hypertension our goal is to have mean values below 140/90 mmHg. A value of 136/93 it is nothing to worry about, its not an emergency to seek medical attention but it means that the diastolic value are high and you need to arrange your medical treatment. Excessive blood pressure values might give you headache, blurred vision, dizziness. A lot of times It doesn t give any symtoms but persistent hight diastolic values slowly modifies heart muscle so it is very important to better control them. A person might experience high blood pressure values during a physical or emotional stress so it is mandatory to judge on mean values during day and night. So my opinion is that you should not worry you don t have to high values. If I was your treating doctor I will recommend a holter pressure monitoring to have a full graphic of your blood pressure and than we can judge if we have to rise your medications or not and deside this whith your doctors. Hope I was helpful.Wish you good health. Best regards.