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I Am A 61yo Man. I Just Recorded My BP

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Posted on Fri, 8 May 2020
Question: I am a 61yo man. I just recorded my BP at 180/94. Should I seek immediate attention?
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I am a 61yo man. I just recorded my BP at 180/94. Should I seek immediate attention?
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Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (34 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
For what reason was BP checked

Detailed Answer:
it depends on weather it was routine check up or for symptoms. also on weather you are already having BP or no. if you are having any of the symptoms such as headache giddiness chest pain or breathless you need to imeediately have to have check and treatment and also admission if necessary by doctors after examining you. if you are not having symptoms or already have BP and just routine check than relax for couple of hours and recheck it
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana
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Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
For what reason was BP checked

Detailed Answer:
it depends on weather it was routine check up or for symptoms. also on weather you are already having BP or no. if you are having any of the symptoms such as headache giddiness chest pain or breathless you need to imeediately have to have check and treatment and also admission if necessary by doctors after examining you. if you are not having symptoms or already have BP and just routine check than relax for couple of hours and recheck it
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana
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Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol

Cardiologist, Interventional

Practicing since :1998

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I Am A 61yo Man. I Just Recorded My BP

I am a 61yo man. I just recorded my BP at 180/94. Should I seek immediate attention?