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Originally Posted by anitaroy121  Hi friends, I am only 23 years old and my doctor thinks that I might have high blood pressure. He didn't prescribe me any medicine for it but he wants me to check my blood pressure once a week. I’m really worried now since he didn't prescribe me any medicine for it. My father also has blood pressure. So should I be really worried? |
Your doctor THINKS you have high blood pressure - Is your doctor an idiot? you either have a high blood pressure reading or you don't - and if you do - then they will generally have you go back in two weeks or so for another reading. You will rarely get medicine prescribed immediately and you'd be wrong to want medication for it before trying to correct it thru lifestyle changes.. you do not want to be on medication for the rest of your life..
HBP can be heriditary -but it can also be controlled to some degree thru
diet and exercise and watching sodium intake -if it's really bad - the doctor will generally prescribe the DASH
diet (google it - it's a very low sodium, low
fat diet)
Should you be worried? no - you should be concenred and be proactive and do somehting about it rather than sitting and waiting.
my BP used to be around 140/90 - sometimes higher depending on how stressed out i was at work and stuff -now - thru
diet and exercise it's a steady 110/70... with a strong family history of high blood pressure..
