Originally Posted by vfr on top
hi,
i'm 28 and my bp has been around 135/90.
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But is this bp very high and something to worry about?
I would say it's high enough to worry about. You appear to live in the UK. In some more proactive countries you would be well into the 'pre-hypertensive' labelling range and that 90 would make you a candidate for medication. The UK is a bit behind right now, but no doubt will have to catch up sometime, when NICE gets it's act together.
So as mentioned lifestyle changes are in order. Stopping smoking actually isn't going to make that much difference to your BP, but it is the most important thing you can do in order to prevent an early death and/or a life of illness from many other causes.
In a rough order of effectiveness.
- Lose Weight
- Eat Healthy
- Exercise
- Reduce dietary salt
- Moderate Alcohol
Nothing there too difficult eh? If you are 10kg overweight it's possible that just shedding that could get your BP into the 'normal' label range. You want to avoid having to be medicated.