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hello, You should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high calorie diet. Have low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly thrice a day for one week then once or twice a week. If bp is persistently more than 140/90 mmhg, then you should be on medicines for it. You should be started on medicine like telmisartan 20 mg and titrated according to the response. So you get med prescribed from local doctor. Regular exercises like brisk walking, jogging according your capacity atleast 30 min a day and 5 days a week. Lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish once or twice a week, avoid meat. Avoid smoking and alcohol if any. There shouldn't abdominal fat deposition or obesity. Get your lipid profile and sugars tested once.. Also, You being an young hypertensive you ll first evaluation for cause of blood pressure. You should undergo test like kidney function test, renal artery Doppler, Sr cortisol and 24 hr Urinary metanephrines.
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What Is The Treatment For High Blood Pressure And Heart Palpitations?
hello, You should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high calorie diet. Have low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly thrice a day for one week then once or twice a week. If bp is persistently more than 140/90 mmhg, then you should be on medicines for it. You should be started on medicine like telmisartan 20 mg and titrated according to the response. So you get med prescribed from local doctor. Regular exercises like brisk walking, jogging according your capacity atleast 30 min a day and 5 days a week. Lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish once or twice a week, avoid meat. Avoid smoking and alcohol if any. There shouldn t abdominal fat deposition or obesity. Get your lipid profile and sugars tested once.. Also, You being an young hypertensive you ll first evaluation for cause of blood pressure. You should undergo test like kidney function test, renal artery Doppler, Sr cortisol and 24 hr Urinary metanephrines.