Hello doctor,
I am checking my blood pressure for a week now and it is mostly about 134/94 mmHg. A physician asked me not to work out at the gym. Can you please advise if I can join a gym? My parents and a few other relatives had high BP. I have done an ECG and chest X-ray last year and both were normal. Please provide your opinion.
Hello,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
Your BP readings are definitely on the higher side. Initially, you should get evaluated for high BP (blood pressure). You need to have other investigations like ABPM (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring), echocardiography, serum creatinine, serum electrolytes, and TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone). After investigations, if you find any cause, treat it to control your BP. If you do not find any cause then do dietary and lifestyle modifications like low salt diet and see how your BP responds to it. Coming to your main concern, the gym. Before starting a gym, get evaluated as said above. With this level of BP, you may join a gym only after getting evaluated. Because evaluation will guide us the level of activity you can perform in gym depending on the cause of high blood pressure.
If you have any doubt, then go for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as they can confirm whether you have hypertension or not ... Once if you are diagnosed as HTN (hypertension - high blood pr Read full
• Will increased TSH level harm the baby's brain growth?.. stimulating hormone) is very important for the baby's brain growth as rightly said by you. Therefore, it is imperative that we treat aggressively. Target TSH in the first trimester is 0.3 - 2.5 mIU/L and therefore the doctor did not change the treatme Read full
• Do low TSH level and Low FT4 mean hyperthyroid?Hello doctor, I am currently having acne on my cheeks and I am applying Benzoyl peroxide gel on my acne. It only reduces the inflammation but bumps are not reducing. I also have pigmentation caused by acne before. Read full
Comprehensive Medical Second Opinion.
I had high BP and a low heart rate. Is my ECG showing infarction?
Query: Hi doctor,I had high blood pressure, low heart rate. Is my ECG showing infarction? I have no chest pain. At the time of ECG, my blood pressure was 168/100 mmHg and heart beat 46 beats per minute. Read Full »
Can CMV or herpes infection before or after birth affect pregnancy or child?
Query: Hello doctor, I am in 36th week of pregnancy. My last ultrasound was doppler happened at 34th week 5 days. I showed the pregnancy of 32 weeks 5 days with mild IUGR. Fetal weight 4.1 lbs. My gynecologist advised CBC, and Torch IgM, IgG tests. In the CBC test, total leucocyte count is 13300/cumm, MPV ... Read Full »
I have high blood pressure and feel chest pain. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor,I feel pain on the left side of my chest. I have no sugar but high blood pressure. My age is 50 years. I am 67 inches in height and my weight is 171 pounds. Read Full »
Ask your health query to a doctor online?
Ask a Cardiologist Now