Sign-in to Ask A Doctor - 24x7
OR
Sign in with GoogleGet your health question answered instantly from our pool of 18000+ doctors from over 80 specialties
Suggest Treatment For High Blood Pressure
MY BP is averaging 183 / 130 since the beginning of the new year. I have resumed taking meds as there seemed to be no gain or lowering over several months. Have read about the dire consequences of such high BP and am at odds to find a way of bringing it down. The only area of which I am guilty is in the area of worry and stress. which I feel is made worse as we are no longer intimate ...for more than 3 years; and even before sex averaged 6 times a year.
Any advice?
Any advice?
Tue, 25 Apr 2017
Hello
thanks for posting here.
you seem to have got resistant hypertension brcause your BP is not under control despite being om medications.
So we must llok out if there are any treatable causes of this resistant high blood pressure.
A block in both the arteries supplying the kidneys is on the causes of resistant hypertension. So please do a renal artery doppler to see whether you have kidney artery disease.
Another reason is a condition Called pheochromocytoma. It is a bening tumour of the adrenal glands (located above the kidneys). To detect that a CT abdomen can be done.
so my advice is first to do a renal artery doppler and if it is normal then a CT abdomen.
Meanwhile your BP medications should be added and changed.
wishing you good health
regards
thanks for posting here.
you seem to have got resistant hypertension brcause your BP is not under control despite being om medications.
So we must llok out if there are any treatable causes of this resistant high blood pressure.
A block in both the arteries supplying the kidneys is on the causes of resistant hypertension. So please do a renal artery doppler to see whether you have kidney artery disease.
Another reason is a condition Called pheochromocytoma. It is a bening tumour of the adrenal glands (located above the kidneys). To detect that a CT abdomen can be done.
so my advice is first to do a renal artery doppler and if it is normal then a CT abdomen.
Meanwhile your BP medications should be added and changed.
wishing you good health
regards
I find this answer helpful
Disclaimer: These answers are for your information only and not intended to replace your relationship with your treating physician.
This is a short, free answer.
For a more detailed, immediate answer, try our premium service
[Sample answer]
Related questions you may be interested in
Recent questions on Hypertension
Loading Online Doctors....