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What Causes Transient Rise In BP After Eating Food?
Question: Can blood pressure go up after eating? My bp was 136 over 70 something or 80 something, best time to take bp is?
Brief Answer:
Transient elevation after food intake.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome to HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern.
There is only a transient rise in Blood pressure (BP) after eating any food depending upon salt content in the food.
The BP readings you are mentioning are under normal range. However, i would advise you to take low salt and low fat diet.
The best time to measure BP is in the morning when you get up.
However, BP can be measured any time provided you have been exerting.
I hope it helps.
If you have any further query, please ask me.
Stay Healthy.
Transient elevation after food intake.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome to HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern.
There is only a transient rise in Blood pressure (BP) after eating any food depending upon salt content in the food.
The BP readings you are mentioning are under normal range. However, i would advise you to take low salt and low fat diet.
The best time to measure BP is in the morning when you get up.
However, BP can be measured any time provided you have been exerting.
I hope it helps.
If you have any further query, please ask me.
Stay Healthy.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Are there any symptoms to high bp? I know my regular bp readings are much lower than this,when do i know if i have high bp? After how many readings?
Brief Answer:
At present you don't have high BP
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
At present you don't have high BP.
You can stop measuring your BP daily.
Just keep a watch on BP once or twice a week. If it goes over 140/80 mmHg, write to me.
Symptoms of high BP are headache, anxiety, chest pain, palpitations.
If you have any further query, please ask me.
Stay Healthy.
At present you don't have high BP
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
At present you don't have high BP.
You can stop measuring your BP daily.
Just keep a watch on BP once or twice a week. If it goes over 140/80 mmHg, write to me.
Symptoms of high BP are headache, anxiety, chest pain, palpitations.
If you have any further query, please ask me.
Stay Healthy.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Haha funny because i have all those symptoms,measured my bp and was 130/69 then 10 min later it was 108 over 73
Brief Answer:
Anxiety.
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Your symptoms are not because of BP issues.
You probably have anxiety causing all this.
I would also advise you to get Thyroid Profile done.
Review with reports.
Anxiety.
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Your symptoms are not because of BP issues.
You probably have anxiety causing all this.
I would also advise you to get Thyroid Profile done.
Review with reports.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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