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What Causes High Blood Pressure?
im a 50 year old male taken no meds no alcohol ever. when i firat wake up my bp is anywhere from 138 to 158 and 88 to 98. then during the day its usually 110 to 128 and 70 to 85. the sometimes it goes back up at night and my mouth gets very dry and i have a difficulty to swallow and startle when trying to fall asleep, sometimes ill get very high spikes like 170 over 103 and run to the er where they tell me im ok and ekg is normal and all blood work is normal. please help me whats wrong
Fri, 9 Jun 2017
Hello,
Your problem is what is known as early morning hypertension. What you can do is to start with Amlodipine low dose 2.5 mg at bedtime to control early morning fluctuations.
Also, you should adopt for healthy lifestyle modification along with the medicines to keep your BP stable.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap
Your problem is what is known as early morning hypertension. What you can do is to start with Amlodipine low dose 2.5 mg at bedtime to control early morning fluctuations.
Also, you should adopt for healthy lifestyle modification along with the medicines to keep your BP stable.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap
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