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Can Reduction In Weight Will Help To Reduce BP Levels?
Warm Greetings Sir, My age is 27 years. about 5 years ago i was diagnized with high BP during medical test. It was shooting up to 170 and after 2 days medicines it came to 140. I did not take any medication after that. After five years today i checked my BP and they said it is 160/90. I dont want to take medicines. My weight is 90Kg/ height 179 cms. Is is because of my bad cholestrol. If then reducing my weight will help me reduce my BP? Thank You
Wed, 15 Oct 2014
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The elevated blood pressure in your case could be of high cholesterol levels.Treatment compliance with lifelong antihypertensive medications will be useful.Restriction of dietary salt intake to less than 6 gm/day will help to control the blood pressure.Maintain the average blood pressure to less than 130/80 mm of hg.Semiannual cardiac monitoring in the form of ECG and 2 dimensional echo is needed.Consult your cardiologist for further queries.
Thank you.
The elevated blood pressure in your case could be of high cholesterol levels.Treatment compliance with lifelong antihypertensive medications will be useful.Restriction of dietary salt intake to less than 6 gm/day will help to control the blood pressure.Maintain the average blood pressure to less than 130/80 mm of hg.Semiannual cardiac monitoring in the form of ECG and 2 dimensional echo is needed.Consult your cardiologist for further queries.
Thank you.
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