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Suggest Remedy For Constant High BP
At what point should a person go to the emergency room for high blood pressure? My boyfriend has hugh blood pressure and was started on Diazide caps just this morning by his Dr. he just took several readings about ten minutes apart on our digital meter and its consistently around 170/106. He also took some aspirin. Any advice, he s concerned he may need to go to the emergency room?
Fri, 5 Apr 2019
Hi,
I don't know much about your boyfriend past medical history or his age, but I recommend you to not read BP every 10 min, but every 1 hour or 4-5 times a day would be enough.
These are high values and maybe he need to add other medications, but need to do some routine blood test first if he has not done yet.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Anila Skenderi
General & Family Physician
I don't know much about your boyfriend past medical history or his age, but I recommend you to not read BP every 10 min, but every 1 hour or 4-5 times a day would be enough.
These are high values and maybe he need to add other medications, but need to do some routine blood test first if he has not done yet.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Anila Skenderi
General & Family Physician
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