I m on blood pressure medication but my blood pressure remains high. On the weekend my blood pressure was checked at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday and its was 172/95. I checked it again about 5 minutes later and it remained at that level. I also checked it on Sunday morning and again it was around 170/90. Is this a problem?
Hello, The cutoff life for BP in a hospital setting is 140/90 mm of Hg, as in trials it has been found that those having a BP of 140/90 mm of BP in Hospital setting equalled to 135/85 mm of Hg when recorded on 24 hour Ambulatory BP monitoring. So your readings of 170/90 & 175/95 mm of Hg is a little high. Would recommend that you have some lifestyle modifications like daily exercise, salt restricted (means no use of table salt) low fat diet, avoid junk food, canned food. Would also recommend some tests like Complete Blood Count, Lipid Profile, Kidney Function Tests, ECG, Fasting Blood Sugar, 2D Echocardiography. Medicines like Cilnidipine + Chlorthalidone would help you. Chat Doctor.