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How Should High Blood Pressure Be Treated?

is the blood pressure machines accurate at shoppers? I had it checked last week on Wednesday AT THE DR S OFFICE and it was 150/90 now its 155/96 i am only 37 with no medical conditions , what could be the cause? will I be put on medication or should I monitor this a bit longer before this happens?
Tue, 12 Apr 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.

You should know that we talk about hypertension if we have mean value that exceeds 140 / 90 mmHg.A person might have high value during emotional and physical strees so its mandatory to judge on mean values during day and night.

There are two types of hypertension : Essencial hypertension or idiopathic, meaning that it's not a identified cause of it.This is a chronic disease and it should be treated all live long. Secondary hypertension is common in younger ages and it means that it is a secondary couse of it.This might be a renal disease, an endocrine problem or a cardiovascular anomaly.

So, if I was your treating doctor I will recommend some examination like an electrocardiogram, a cardiac echo to evaluate heart function and walls, a full blood analyze, your urinary chatecolamins, an abdominal echo to evaluate renal structure and the most important one holter blood pressure monitoring to evaluate your values during day and night.

Only after this we can judge if we have a problem and how to treat it.

Hope I was helpful.Wish you good health.
Best regards.
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How Should High Blood Pressure Be Treated?

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. You should know that we talk about hypertension if we have mean value that exceeds 140 / 90 mmHg.A person might have high value during emotional and physical strees so its mandatory to judge on mean values during day and night. There are two types of hypertension : Essencial hypertension or idiopathic, meaning that it s not a identified cause of it.This is a chronic disease and it should be treated all live long. Secondary hypertension is common in younger ages and it means that it is a secondary couse of it.This might be a renal disease, an endocrine problem or a cardiovascular anomaly. So, if I was your treating doctor I will recommend some examination like an electrocardiogram, a cardiac echo to evaluate heart function and walls, a full blood analyze, your urinary chatecolamins, an abdominal echo to evaluate renal structure and the most important one holter blood pressure monitoring to evaluate your values during day and night. Only after this we can judge if we have a problem and how to treat it. Hope I was helpful.Wish you good health. Best regards.