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Suggest Ways To Regulate Hypertension In An Elderly Person

My wife s age is 52. Recently, for the last one week she is having BP in the average range of 150/95. Is it normal to have such a high BP without any known factor for rise in BP. She has pain in right knee for long and have been taking calcium tablets.
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Hi ! Thank you for using HCM

If I were you treating doctor To be sure that your wife has real hypertension ( cause the blood pressure increase during stressful situation) I advice you to meassure your wife's blood pressure 3 times a day for one week .

If the blood pressure is 150-95 we call it stage one hypertension and would prescribe a drug to take , I would start with enalaprill 5mg once a day , measure the blood pressure and if it's not normal again , you may take enalaprill 10 mg once a day or 5mg twice a day .


Also be sure that your wife to take less then 3000 mg calcium per day , this amount must include the calcium you take from your pillls and from food, more than that may cause high blood pressure.
I would give some advices for high blood pressure :
- Try to reduce the salt intake .
-If you wife is overweight try to loose weight will help to prevent high blood pressure. Eat fat free food, fruit ,vegetables .
- Do aerobic exercises at least 30 minutes daily
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Hope these advice work
If you have any additional questions please feel free to write .

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Suggest Ways To Regulate Hypertension In An Elderly Person

Hi ! Thank you for using HCM If I were you treating doctor To be sure that your wife has real hypertension ( cause the blood pressure increase during stressful situation) I advice you to meassure your wife s blood pressure 3 times a day for one week . If the blood pressure is 150-95 we call it stage one hypertension and would prescribe a drug to take , I would start with enalaprill 5mg once a day , measure the blood pressure and if it s not normal again , you may take enalaprill 10 mg once a day or 5mg twice a day . Also be sure that your wife to take less then 3000 mg calcium per day , this amount must include the calcium you take from your pillls and from food, more than that may cause high blood pressure. I would give some advices for high blood pressure : - Try to reduce the salt intake . -If you wife is overweight try to loose weight will help to prevent high blood pressure. Eat fat free food, fruit ,vegetables . - Do aerobic exercises at least 30 minutes daily . Hope these advice work If you have any additional questions please feel free to write .