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Suggest Treatment For Hypertension
I am 44 years old with no medical condition dealing with hard times due to father far away dealing with terminal cancer and dealing with stressful yo work and my dad illness today my blood pressure in the afternoon was 164/89 now after 2 hrs is 143/84 should I seek medical attention ?
Fri, 9 Jan 2015
Dear urs bp is more likely due to stress .for now u just try to decrese stress ..increase exercise and according to AHA protocol check urs bp 3 times in next 7 days and if it is increased abobe 140
/90.then u will have to strt mwdication
/90.then u will have to strt mwdication
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