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How To Treat High BP?
My blood pressure was 160 over 90 yesterday morning and last night was 164 over 80 then 125 over 78 and then this morning it is 131 over 75. Can caffeine or anxiety cause to shoot up like it did yesterday? (Had two espressos on an empty stomach in the AM which I never do.) I was also in an oral surgeon's office for the first reading. I am 5'7", 126 lbs. female, mid fifties, eat low salt diet, no red meat, exercise and drink lots of water and normally, green tea.
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Yes coffee can cause transient rise in BP. Moreover the anxiety of visiting a dental surgeon might have collectively resulted into this rise in BP. As stated you follow a health life style, so just continue with the same and as BP has returned to normal so there is no reason for worry.
Dr. Pinak
Yes coffee can cause transient rise in BP. Moreover the anxiety of visiting a dental surgeon might have collectively resulted into this rise in BP. As stated you follow a health life style, so just continue with the same and as BP has returned to normal so there is no reason for worry.
Dr. Pinak
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