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What Is The Cause Of High Blood Pressure?
This am my bld preasure was 149 73 66 Some time I awake with high bld preasure other time 129 55 72,,, I change to normal & high & lows that scare me I had a 98.45. 72 awhile back why should there be such radical changes? I'm 87 yrs old exercise walking a dog ..sometimes walk at a good clip & slow down wt 125 5'2" Diabetic controled 5.7 tp 6.4 AC1 What is normal? My cardiologist thinks it's OK BUT THE READINGS SCARE ME
Wed, 22 Jul 2015
If you have long standing diabetic even if well controlled and also age related , what happens is your nerves get weak over time what we call autonomic dysfunction, where there would be fluctuations in the BP. Till you don't have symptoms don't worry about the fluctuations. However I would personally prefer your BP on the higher range like between 135-150 and lower 80-90, secondly don't suddenly change position and things should be all fine.
Regards Dr Priyank Mody, Cardiologist
Regards Dr Priyank Mody, Cardiologist
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