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What Causes High Blood Pressure?

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My blood pressure this moringing is 161 over 111. I have never seen it this high. I have just started taking amiloride 4 days ago, half of 5 /50mg 1 x per day for Hypercalculuria. should I call my physican. Am I at risk of stroke at this level of BP
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Hello, Thanks for posting your query on Healthcare Magic...
* Brief Answer: controlled level of blood pressure decreases risk of stroke, nothing to be worried about right now.
*Explanation: My opinion is that hypertension is a challenge to some doctors as it is sometimes hard to control. hypertension is a clinical diagnosis based on multiple high readings of blood pressure on multiple occasions. if that is your case the you have hypertension.
management of hypertension is not only by medications , but also lifestyle modification and healthy diet play an important rule .starting with a diuretic may be good in your case supposing that you consulted a physician.
I suggest my patients the following : start with other type of anti-hypertensives based on their age and risk factors, accurate continuous blood pressure . at that level of blood pressure no risk of cerebrovascular incident but you need to control it with above mentioned measures
The information provided by you is not sufficient to provide a good opinion.
If someone comes to me with this condition I would ask them about cause of hypercalcuria and investigations done to diagnose that, also if other endocrinal manifestations detected in labs.
*Conclusion: I suggest you monitor your blood pressure.if abnormal high readings please consult your physician.
If you have any further questions I will be happy to help, If not, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health.
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What Causes High Blood Pressure?

Hello, Thanks for posting your query on Healthcare Magic... * Brief Answer: controlled level of blood pressure decreases risk of stroke, nothing to be worried about right now. *Explanation: My opinion is that hypertension is a challenge to some doctors as it is sometimes hard to control. hypertension is a clinical diagnosis based on multiple high readings of blood pressure on multiple occasions. if that is your case the you have hypertension. management of hypertension is not only by medications , but also lifestyle modification and healthy diet play an important rule .starting with a diuretic may be good in your case supposing that you consulted a physician. I suggest my patients the following : start with other type of anti-hypertensives based on their age and risk factors, accurate continuous blood pressure . at that level of blood pressure no risk of cerebrovascular incident but you need to control it with above mentioned measures The information provided by you is not sufficient to provide a good opinion. If someone comes to me with this condition I would ask them about cause of hypercalcuria and investigations done to diagnose that, also if other endocrinal manifestations detected in labs. *Conclusion: I suggest you monitor your blood pressure.if abnormal high readings please consult your physician. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help, If not, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health.