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Hypertension
My brother is 24 years of age . He generally has higher blood pressure 130-140/90-100 mmHg. Considering his young age , should he be on medication for hypertension? My family has history of hypertension and related problems.
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Get a 24 hrs ambulatory BP monitoring done first . He is young so first we have to establish whether he is hypertensive or not and if yes he needs few more tests to see if it is primary hypertension or secondary. Consult online for further details.
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Dr. Satya Prakash Kushwaha
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7 yrs exp
Ballia
Need to be test for hypertension in young age....
Then colsunt online on practo...
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Dr. Mainak Malhotra
Internal Medicine
23 yrs exp
Kolkata
It seems Yes, for him it will be best to start Telma 40 one at bedtime
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test for lipid profile, urea creatinine, sodium, potassium and ideally 24 hours ABPM,he will require other tests after being examined
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