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Can Salt Water Gargling Increase BP?

yes please. my wife is taking a blood pressure medication (which she has just started). And she is battling sinusitis and is taking amoxacilin. Add to that she gargled with salt water tonight. her B.P is 181 /95 which is higher than it has been over the past few days under control with Linsinop/hctz ( with the amoxacilin but no gargling)..Question. Is it realistic that the Bp mighthave gone higher than normal because of the salt water gargle?
Thu, 29 Jun 2017
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It is very unlikely. Single blood pressures should not prompt great concern. Decisions are best made from an average value from a two week span. Record her blood pressure on a schedule every day for two weeks. Use the average value to judge her control.
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Can Salt Water Gargling Increase BP?

It is very unlikely. Single blood pressures should not prompt great concern. Decisions are best made from an average value from a two week span. Record her blood pressure on a schedule every day for two weeks. Use the average value to judge her control.