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What Cause Sudden Spike In Blood Pressure Level?
My blood pressure today is 154/98
A week ago I went to er cause it got up to 188/110 they sent home after it came down I'm 40 yrs old and weigh 204 pounds iv been trying all week to eat right and do everything I'm suppose to I just do the understand why it came out of no where it's always ran around normal for me 144/90 and now anytime I get outside in the heat for even 5 minutes or walk around the store it's starts going up agau lil by lil what should I do?
A week ago I went to er cause it got up to 188/110 they sent home after it came down I'm 40 yrs old and weigh 204 pounds iv been trying all week to eat right and do everything I'm suppose to I just do the understand why it came out of no where it's always ran around normal for me 144/90 and now anytime I get outside in the heat for even 5 minutes or walk around the store it's starts going up agau lil by lil what should I do?
Mon, 29 Aug 2016
Hi,
I understand your concern.
Let me recapitalize your case:
- 40 years old male
- weight=204 punds
- persistent high blood pressure (bp) higher than 150/90
- trying to eat healthy during the last week
Based on what you are saying, if I was your caring doctor would advise as following:
- measure your bp for 2 consecutive weeks, and record the results
- continue eating healthy as this will help reduce weight and bp at the same time
- if stressed, try to cope with stress as it will aggravate your problems
- avoid smoking, drinking alcohol or caffeinated drinks as they will keep your bp at high range
- limit salt intake
After 2 weeks, should consult with your physician and cardiologist as you need further lab tests to understand why your bp stays this high:
- cardiac check up: ECG, echocardiogram, Stress test
- complete blood count
- lipid profile testing
- diabetes tests
- urine analysis
- liver/kidney/pancreas function test
After evaluating the lab results, we can decide for best treatment strategy
Hope it helped.
Dr.Albana
I understand your concern.
Let me recapitalize your case:
- 40 years old male
- weight=204 punds
- persistent high blood pressure (bp) higher than 150/90
- trying to eat healthy during the last week
Based on what you are saying, if I was your caring doctor would advise as following:
- measure your bp for 2 consecutive weeks, and record the results
- continue eating healthy as this will help reduce weight and bp at the same time
- if stressed, try to cope with stress as it will aggravate your problems
- avoid smoking, drinking alcohol or caffeinated drinks as they will keep your bp at high range
- limit salt intake
After 2 weeks, should consult with your physician and cardiologist as you need further lab tests to understand why your bp stays this high:
- cardiac check up: ECG, echocardiogram, Stress test
- complete blood count
- lipid profile testing
- diabetes tests
- urine analysis
- liver/kidney/pancreas function test
After evaluating the lab results, we can decide for best treatment strategy
Hope it helped.
Dr.Albana
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