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What Is The Treatment For High Blood Pressure?

42 year old sister in law has BP of 104/43, she says usually like that..even at the doctor s office. Sister in law frequently feels faint and doctor has her on on iron pills. Doctor not concerned with her BP and says reason she always feels faint is because she is tall? Sister in law is 5 9?
Mon, 15 May 2017
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Thanks for posting at HCM.
BP of 104/43 is normal in a female and requires no attention. But her dizzy episodes are not normal and need to get evaluated. Dizzy episodes can be due to low blood pressure, low sugar and low hemoglobin. Please get the blood sugar checked during the BP episodes. Since the doctor has put her on iron tablets, I guess her haemoglobin is low. Please continue taking iron tablets. You have not mentioned her age here. I would be in a better position to help if I had known her age.
Ask her to drink lots of water about 2-3 litres per day.
Wishing her good health.
Regards
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What Is The Treatment For High Blood Pressure?

Hello. Thanks for posting at HCM. BP of 104/43 is normal in a female and requires no attention. But her dizzy episodes are not normal and need to get evaluated. Dizzy episodes can be due to low blood pressure, low sugar and low hemoglobin. Please get the blood sugar checked during the BP episodes. Since the doctor has put her on iron tablets, I guess her haemoglobin is low. Please continue taking iron tablets. You have not mentioned her age here. I would be in a better position to help if I had known her age. Ask her to drink lots of water about 2-3 litres per day. Wishing her good health. Regards