bloodpressure?

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diet

Answer 1

If you haven't done so already, you need to see your doctor to discuss treatment options, depending on what your reading is. You first need to see your doctor if you haven't already to discuss the treatment options. If you fall into the prehypertension range (120–139/80–89), your doctor will likely recommend lifestyle modifications, including losing excess weight, exercising, limiting alcohol, cutting back on salt, quitting smoking, and following the DASH diet. You can read about the DASH diet here
http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/zp3284/zp3285;_ylt=AkNDGbW5xFjgpaPoFVrlllEVzLQF
If you have high blood pressure, (140–159/90–99) and you do not have any organ damage or other risk factors for heart disease, your doctor will likely recommend lifestyle changes and possibly medications. Treatment of secondary high blood pressure depends on the cause. You can read more about high blood pressure here
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbp/HBP_All.html lf your blood pressure is 160–179/100–109 mm Hg or higher, you and your doctor may need to try various combinations of medications to find what works best for you. You will also need to make aggressive lifestyle changes.

Answer 2

Lay off the salt, drink lots of clear fluids, caffiene is okay, make sure you get enough potassium--bananas. The idea is to get your body NOT to retain water, so you take potassium and caffiene because they make you urinate and lessen the water being held in tissue. When your body isn't holding water, your BP goes down.

Salt includes, especially chips & processed foods & lunch/deli meats & cheeses, soups, sausage.

You don't have to cut out all the salt, just bring the level down.

TX Mom
Not an expert
HBP 8 years

Answer 3

Take a look at this site for lots of blood pressure information - diet, exercise, lifestyle measures etc etc etc

http://www.bloodpressurehigh.com

Hope this helps
Gordon

Answer 4

Low sodium