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What Does Persistent High Blood Pressure Indicate?
Question: My blood pressure has been 140/102, 150/102, 144/105, 174/108, 131/109, 162/113 throughout the day. I took two baby aspirin, but it hasn't come down. How long should I wait to seek medical attention?
Brief Answer:
Aspirin will not help you to normalize the blood pressure.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for using HCM to post your health query.
I read carefully your question and I understand your concern.
The baby aspirin nor the aspirin in bigger dose are used to reduce high blood pressure. They won't help you in this.
You should see a local doctor who will examine you, recommend some labs and give the treatment which will treat high blood pressure. I can recommend te treatment here but you will need a prescription. This is not urgent. I would say measure the blood pressure for some more days, write down the values and the times when you measure it and show those to the doctor when you will see them.
What can help to decrease the blood pressure if having a healthy diet with low sodium and fats and also exercising 4-5 times/week for about 20 minutes or more. For every kg you lose the blood pressure will be lower with 1 line. So if you lose 10 kg weight your blood pressure may be improved a lot. This will be the case if you are overweight.
Hope this is helpful.
Let me know if you need more clarifications.
Otherwise please close and rate the answer.
Regards,
Dr. Papaqako
Aspirin will not help you to normalize the blood pressure.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for using HCM to post your health query.
I read carefully your question and I understand your concern.
The baby aspirin nor the aspirin in bigger dose are used to reduce high blood pressure. They won't help you in this.
You should see a local doctor who will examine you, recommend some labs and give the treatment which will treat high blood pressure. I can recommend te treatment here but you will need a prescription. This is not urgent. I would say measure the blood pressure for some more days, write down the values and the times when you measure it and show those to the doctor when you will see them.
What can help to decrease the blood pressure if having a healthy diet with low sodium and fats and also exercising 4-5 times/week for about 20 minutes or more. For every kg you lose the blood pressure will be lower with 1 line. So if you lose 10 kg weight your blood pressure may be improved a lot. This will be the case if you are overweight.
Hope this is helpful.
Let me know if you need more clarifications.
Otherwise please close and rate the answer.
Regards,
Dr. Papaqako
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