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How Long It Will Take To Reduce The High BP?
This is Darryl, I am 26 years old, native and a resident of India. I am a regular alcohol(whiskey) consumer and frankly immoderate in my quantities. Last noon I had an episode of high blood pressure that reached 230/140, ever since then it has reduced quite a lot, I stopped alcohol consumption immediately too.. Now 30 hours since the episode my B.P. still exists at around 150/110.. How long would this take to completely subside. I do have plans of stopping alcohol from many days, but since yesterday s episode, perhaps the time has come... Kindly guide me.....
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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hi,
you must having underlying blood pressure problem , over and above you had alcohol binge leading to excessive rise in blood pressure. In normal person blood pressure will not rise this much. So blood pressure may not reach normal in your case. You need to monitor your blood pressure and Star on blood pressure medicine.
Also consume low salt diet, regular exercises.
you must having underlying blood pressure problem , over and above you had alcohol binge leading to excessive rise in blood pressure. In normal person blood pressure will not rise this much. So blood pressure may not reach normal in your case. You need to monitor your blood pressure and Star on blood pressure medicine.
Also consume low salt diet, regular exercises.
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