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How To Control My Mother's Blood Pressure?
My 90 year oldmother has had a blood pressure reading of 121 over 70 the last 3 weeks. SHe is already on 40 mg of lisinipril. Her bp varies a lot. She has back and knee pain and is not getting much exercise due to the pain. She woke up the other day with a ruptured eye bllod vessel.Her doctor has been reluctent to increase her meds because he does not want her to fall. Suggestions?
Mon, 1 Aug 2016
Hello ,
I am Dr. Most and I would be addressing your concern .
The blood pressure you may mentioned is pretty much perfect and there is no indication of increasing the medication for 121 / 70 reading .
Also her doctor has taken an appropriate decision , as you have to be very gentle at the age of 90 years as any decrease in blood pressure can be detrimental. Also there is some narrowing of brain vessels at this age and hence many doctors prefer maintaining the blood pressure in higher range to maintain the perfusion to the Brian .
Regards Dr. Priyank Mody
I am Dr. Most and I would be addressing your concern .
The blood pressure you may mentioned is pretty much perfect and there is no indication of increasing the medication for 121 / 70 reading .
Also her doctor has taken an appropriate decision , as you have to be very gentle at the age of 90 years as any decrease in blood pressure can be detrimental. Also there is some narrowing of brain vessels at this age and hence many doctors prefer maintaining the blood pressure in higher range to maintain the perfusion to the Brian .
Regards Dr. Priyank Mody
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