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Suggest Treatment For High Blood Pressure

Hi, my dad sufferes from high blood pressure recently the doctor changed his tablets yesterday he went to the nurse to have his blood pressure monitored the reading was 200 the lower number was excently but obviously the higher reading was very high he does get stressed quite easily after taking his blood pressure a few times it came down to 180 he is going back to the doctors next week is their anyway he can get it lower i.e. diet? it does always go up when he goes to the doctors?
Mon, 3 Jul 2017
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Hello, Thanks for posting your query on Healthcare Magic...
* Brief Answer:white coat hypertension needs to be excluded. Diet with low salt and decaffinated drinks is good
*Explanation: My opinion is that hypertension is quite an issue as it is sometimes difficult to control. Proper identification of truely high blood pressure is important. If blood pressure goes up only in medical facilities ,home blood pressure measurement is a must to exclude what we call white coat hypertension. Other secondary causes of hypertension must be excluded by your doctor if resistant hypertension exists.
I suggest my patients the following :diet with low sodium and fried food is healthy. Exercise or regular walking helps.regular monitoring of blood pressure is important to follow up the result.
The information provided by you is not sufficient to provide a good opinion. If someone comes to me with this condition I would ask them about other comorbidities like diabetes ,heart disease.
*Conclusion: I suggest you measure your father blood pressure at home in relaxing conditions and follow up with your physician.
If you have any further questions I will be happy to help, If not, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your father good health.


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Suggest Treatment For High Blood Pressure

Hello, Thanks for posting your query on Healthcare Magic... * Brief Answer:white coat hypertension needs to be excluded. Diet with low salt and decaffinated drinks is good *Explanation: My opinion is that hypertension is quite an issue as it is sometimes difficult to control. Proper identification of truely high blood pressure is important. If blood pressure goes up only in medical facilities ,home blood pressure measurement is a must to exclude what we call white coat hypertension. Other secondary causes of hypertension must be excluded by your doctor if resistant hypertension exists. I suggest my patients the following :diet with low sodium and fried food is healthy. Exercise or regular walking helps.regular monitoring of blood pressure is important to follow up the result. The information provided by you is not sufficient to provide a good opinion. If someone comes to me with this condition I would ask them about other comorbidities like diabetes ,heart disease. *Conclusion: I suggest you measure your father blood pressure at home in relaxing conditions and follow up with your physician. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help, If not, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your father good health.