My mom,80 years old,has high blood pressure for years. And she  has high blood pressure recently which rises from 130 to  170 . Is it too high? She has this high blood pressure for a week despite she  has taken the same amount of high blood pressure pills .  I take her to see the doctor but the doctor didn't increase the amount of pills . What can I do? Is there any kind of food that can lower her blood pressure? My mom eats very little meat or fish.Is it one of the reason for her illness? Recently her hip is painful and can't go out.I took her to see the doctor and had taken x-ray  but nothing wrong.  Is it  caused by her high blood pressure? Also she has taken the pills which will thin her blood.
200736
Yes its been proven that banana's help lower blood pressure along with a no salt diet and if you become a veggie and avoid all animal products and sugars you will notice a big change in your health.
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Most people tolerate HCTZ without any problems, or else side effects go away after a week, or so.\n\nHowever, it does cause some problems in some patients (wide range of problems, specific to individuals).\n\nThere are PLENTY of other medications for high blood pressure you can take, though.  So if you have intolerable side effects with  HCTZ, then simply ask (or demand) your doctor to switch you!\n\nYour doctor's insisting you to take this medication is (hopefully) only an encouragement for you to be on medications to control your high blood pressure.  And this, so as to avoid strokes, heart attacks, and other problems.\n\nHowever, your doctor should very readily switch you to another type of blood pressure medication.\n\nOftentimes, a person has to be on 2-3 different types of medications to control their blood pressure well, anyway.\n\nBut, just so you know...HCTZ is the best first choice for a blood pressure medication...in nearly all situations (according to the all the medical societies, etc.).  It is inexpensive, well tolerated by the vast majority of people, and very effective.\n-\n\nIf increased urination is what you speak about, give it some time...your body will adjust.\n\nIf there are other side effects...talk to your doctor, who should switch you to another medication that works for you.\n\nI hope this helps.
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Go to the doctor immediately.  That happened to my mom when she was in her early 50s and she has severe osteoporosis.  This will become extremely debilitating in not that many more years if you don't get treatment asap.  There is treatment but you need to go to the doctor asap.  Now, my mom is 67 and she is extremely brittle boned and fell a few months ago and broke her hip, her shoulder and her elbow and almost did not make it through her surgeries.  Anyways, no 5" shrinkage in 2 years is NOT normal.  My mom used to be 5'4" and now she is about 4'10".
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Your mother should be very careful with this.  She possibly may need to go on to medication.  My mother (who is overweight) always experienced blood clots in her legs.  She would treat them as they came/went (with heat and massage) until one traveled up her leg, into her heart (where it loged itself) and pieces began breaking off...one to her brain causing a stroke and one to her lung.  She now take warafin (blood thinners) and is going for weight loss surgery so she won't have to take them anymore.  There is a definite relation between weight and the occurance of clots.\nPlease get your mom to go to her MD...prevention is the best medicine!!  Let me tell you...teaching my mom the alphabet, how to read and write (after the stroke) was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
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Registered Nurse here; Hun the reading you have 108/76, is great doesn't get any better.  The universal norm is 120/80, however if one if very healthy many times there blood pressure will be below the universal norm, which is great.  One doesn't need to worry or be concerned if there B/P is lower, as long as the individually is healthy, active, feeling well.  When one becomes dizzy, not active, experiencing other symptoms of ill health, then a lower B/P reading would be of concern.  Your fine dear, be grateful for your reading.  DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY; TAKE CARE, I thank you for being allowed to address such an important, worthwhile, and well worded question.
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The first line of treatment of HBP is a conservative treatment. Which means proper diet balance, exercising, lowering your weight, control of stress and lifestyle advisory and make some tests. After a period of time considered by your physician there is going to be a reevaluation. If your husband can maintain the BP in a normal or borderline range, than he would continue without medications but with periodical examination. \nIf the BP cannot be controlled by this measures, then it will be necessary to administrate a proper treatment which varies on the background conditions (presence or absence of high blood cholesterol, diabetes, kidneys disease, etc.)\nMost patients with high blood pressure can develop a normal life with a single medication, but having follow up periodically.
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Yes it is bad, but it's NOT from her blood pressure. She in serious danger of dropping dead of a heart attack or stroke ANY MINUTE with blood pressure that high. It's just not acceptable. Take her to the emergency room NOW.
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if it is not controled with a change of diet , you probably have to take medication for all your life, but some drs try and lower the dosage after a period of time, and if it does not go up again they may stop it. but even then you should have a healthy diet and check your blood pressure regularly.
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My honest feeling is the BP readings taken are not correct. Such high and low changes are next to impossible. You need to tak him to a cardiologist for evaluating the position and treating him. Blood Pressure - high or low - is termed as silent killer. Please see the doctor without delay. \n\nNow a short note from Wikipedia about BP for your inforamtion -\n\nBlood pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood at right angles to the walls of the blood vessels. Unless indicated otherwise, blood pressure refers to systemic arterial blood pressure, i.e., the pressure in the large arteries delivering blood to body parts other than the lungs, such as the brachial artery (in the arm). The pressure of the blood in other vessels is lower than the arterial pressure. Blood pressure values are universally stated in millimetres of mercury (mmHg). The systolic pressure is defined as the peak pressure in the arteries during the cardiac cycle; the diastolic pressure is the lowest pressure (at the resting phase of the cardiac cycle). The mean arterial pressure and pulse pressure are other important quantities.\n\nTypical values for a resting, healthy adult human are approximately 120 mmHg systolic and 80 mmHg diastolic (written as 120/80 mmHg), with large individual variations. These measures of blood pressure are not static, but undergo natural variations from one heartbeat to another or throughout the day (in a circadian rhythm); they also change in response to stress, nutritional factors, drugs, or disease-
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You do know that high blood pressure WILL KILL you, right? My blood pressure was 220/180 right before my son was born. I had hypertension and was on drugs for \n\nsome time after that...This is the deal...if you are going to do the "alternative" route you have to stay on your meds EVERY day w/o fail while you do the alternative stuff EVERY day w/o fail...\n\nCut out salt and this means almost NEVER eating out...NO cigarrettes..little caffeine --Exercise-EVERY day and Meditate for at least 30 minutes two times EVERY day...no excuses...almost all people with high blood pressure from external causes(like stress)are also guilty of the lifestyle that raises blood pressure and stress and I know you KNOW what I am talking about..\n\nNow a word about those drugs you're taking...for some reason(money) doctors today do not prescribe the old drugs like water pills eventhough it is documented that the originals work BETTER with fewer side effects than  these new fancy things that put you in the hospital with NO blood pressure. It is your body ASK for the old stuff.
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First thing the doctor would probably recommend is that she take aspirin barring any contraindications.  81mg per day has not been shown to be any better than 325mg per day (if my memory serves me correct).  The higher dose has just a higher incidence of GI bleeding without a decrease in incidence of TIA/CVA.\n\nIf she continues to have TIA's then the doctor would consider adding aspirin to a medication called Plavix (clopidogrel) or change aspiring to Aggrenox (aspirin/dipyridamole combination).\n\nIf she has a CVA, then she might be put on Coumadin (warfarin) also.\n\nLowering her LDL and total cholesterol and raising her HDL would probably be a priority too.  There are various medications out there which can do the trick depending on how low her cholesterol needs to come down.  That amount also depends on the other risk factors she may also have (diabetes, hypertension, etc.).\n\nAs for diet, a low cholesterol diet is historically best, but I think there is evolving research showing that perhaps it's really a balanced diet that works best.  If she can do exercise, that generally improves other medical conditions (diabetes, hypertension, HDL cholesterol) which may affect her health.
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maybe just your blood pressure adjusting . . \n\ncheck with a doctor to make sure . .
116759
Go see a Dr, I also have high blood pressure and hypertension, I also take atentonol, but have to take another blood pressure med with it. Just a suggestion, every ones different , but if your blood pressure is that high while resting you may need a different med or additional meds, seek medical help
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Anything high in iron helps to build red blood cells, but does nothing for blood pressure. Potassium can help lower blood pressure, but I have no idea if Guinness has a lot of potassium. She could get the same results with vegetables or vitamins, so it is probably an excuse. Nothing is wrong with drinking one beer a day, though. In fact, doctors now say that ONE alcoholic beverage per day can help prevent heart attacks in the same way aspirin does, by thinning the blood. However, more than ONE per day can be detrimental to a person's health. If she is having one a day, I wouldn't worry about it.
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It can get as high as 230/180. But by then he may have a stroke, annurism or heart attack at any moment. Most likely it can be lowered a few natural ways. I am not a doctor but then again, all they do is give you drugs. You can send him the following things to help alleviate the pressure: Omega 3/Fish Oil (pharmeceutical grade) from the Scandanavian region. It naturally thins the blood for better circulation. Aged garlic added to his foods. High antioxidant foods such as the berry goup. Blueberries, Rasberries, Strawberries, Blackberries. Also spinach. He also needs plenty of the amino acid Arginine found in all forms of nuts. It improves the valve function of the heart. When he sleeps, elevate his feet with pillows. And last but not least REST, REST.
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it could be your blood pressure might wanna contact your doctor