High blood pressure symptoms - High blood pressure treatment
I am female 55yrs old,5 0kg, 1.70m, - cholesterol etc all low to normal, non smoker, no other health problems, take exercise, good diet etc - have suffered from HPB for 1 year. Medictions have proved difficult because of side effects and my reluctance to take long term. I have suceeded in keeping BP under control for 4 months, then lost control last month when it got a bit high, returned to Dr and got Nebilet which I have been taking, and everthing is now under control again. I would like to control my BP myself with diet etc and if things get out of control I can thole taking mediction for a short while to get the BP down. Is this an Ok approach? Can I do it by myself ? What is the downside? Is it better than just not taking any medication ? I appreciate that the prefered approach is daily medication, but I am avoiding this.
Welcome to The Pressure Point.
My name is Doctor Gordon Cameron and I'm a doctor based in Edinburgh, Scotland. I specialize in blood pressure treatment for two reasons:
Firstly - I see many thousands of people with the condition each year and I understand the problems that high blood pressure and its treatment can cause.
Secondly, I suffer from raised BP myself and take treatment every day so I really do understand the problems from both sides of the equation. I've taken pretty much every medication on the market at one time or other, and have used or tried most of the natural remedies and cures.
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