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I have 137/96 blood pressure ..is it normal ?what can I do to reduce it .?I am 22 years old and don't want to take medicine
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Reduce salt intake
Avoid outside food
Avoid alcohol and smoking
Avoid spicy foods
Avoid stress and tension
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Can help you, kindly provide me detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Connect please
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137/96 is bit high for your age of 20 years
Single reading of BP is not enough to conclude that you are hypertensive
You need to measure your BP readings twice daily morning and evening for few days
Make sure you will record bp using upper arm digital bp apparatus,relaxed , sitting straight with keeping your legs uncrossed.
If it reads more than 135/85 on different days hypertension is confirmed
Next Steps
At this stage you don't need any specific medicine you can reduce salt intake
change your life style and diet habits
avoid smoking Reduce alcohol intake
consume fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet
exercise regularly for 30 minutes a day for 5 days in a week
if bp remains high after 2 months of diet , exercise you may need medicine
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Dr. Priyanka Reddy
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Nellore
It's not normal
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consult
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Dr. Yuvraj Arora Monga
General Physician
28 yrs exp
Delhi
Please measure your blood pressure on regular basis .
Or is there's any family history of HTN ?
and what his current weight ?
Advice - reduce salt uptake
And if bp is still same then please consult us
www.drmongaclinic.com
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Dr. Sarthak Nanda
General Physician
2 yrs exp
Raipur
Its normal leaning towards higher side. You don't medication either as of now... But it's not confirmed that is it always like this or it reaches 150 at times. Dietary approach would work fine if its almost always like this but I'd like to know a few more details before i can say with full confidence that you don't need medication
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Gurgaon
According to your sign and symptom you are suffering from some blood pressure issue.
As you know that best treatment depend on the correct diagnosis and correct diagnosis depend on the complete history of the patient so please take consultation from a doctor and give complete history of the patient so that correct diagnosis will be make and then best treatment will be start
Next Steps
You should follow good life style.
take less salt.
do exercise upto sweat .
take less spicy and fatty food
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Keep positive attitude.
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