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Kindly suggest any natural treatment for hypertension.
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 43-year-old female, and I am a little overweight. I have never had any physical problems, but recently I have been diagnosed with hypertension. I do not like allopathic medicine, and I am tensed about the long-term side effects. Kindly suggest any natural treatment for hypertension... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. I suggest you follow some measures to control BP (blood pressure). They are as follows: Avoid smoking and other addictions. Reduce salt intake in your diet. Reduce fatty foods, junk foods, and saturated fats. Avoid stress ... Read Full »
Is my brother's severe leg pain related to his high blood pressure?
Query: Hi doctor,My 39-year-old brother has been experiencing high blood pressure, consistently measuring above 160/110 mmHg, for the past eight years. He is not currently on any medication but engages in workouts twice a week. Recently, he has noticed the presence of blue vein-like markings in both of his... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understood your concern. I suggest he follow the below-mentioned tips to control blood pressure: Avoid smoking and other addictions. Reduce salt intake in the diet. Limit fatty foods, junk foods, and saturated fats. Manage and reduce stress a... Read Full »
What could be the reason for a rise in BP in evening?
Query: Hello doctor,My age is 43. My weight is 167 pounds, and my height is 5'5 feet. I was an athlete and discontinued sports around ten years back. I am an ecology and environment consultant by profession. I was diagnosed with hypertension six years back and was taking medicine last year. My BP reached t... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The basic question is if you really have hypertension or all along was it just what we call white coat hypertension, which shows high blood pressure readings in the hospital alone. So, to answer this we have two options. First, you can do a home BP recording with a reli... Read Full »
Headache with dizziness and stomach ache
Query: Hello doctor, I am 18 years old and healthy but lately, I have been waking up with headaches that continue throughout the day and now the last few days. I feel very lightheaded and dizzy when standing and get a stomach ache. I eat regularly and drink five bottles of water a day. I take regular medic... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. According to the history provided, here you are having a headache, dizziness mainly. Your blood pressure should be checked as fluctuations in blood pressure or high blood pressure can lead to a headache. Second otological causes should be evaluated as an ear infectio... Read Full »
My blood pressure remains high despite medication. Why?
Query: Dear Doctor, I am a chronic High BP patient since 1998. Taking medications Amlodipine 5mg and Atenolol 50mg (AMLO Press-AT). Now the BP reading shows as 160/120. How to lower the blood pressure? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Since you are a case of chronic hypertension, you must regularly get your blood pressure checked from a local doctor and the dose needs to be adjusted accordingly either to increase or decrease. Investigations:- Routine investigations must be done including blood sugar,... Read Full »
I intermittently suffer from high BP. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 34 year old. I have high BP condition. I am using Nebivolol 2.5 mg twice daily. Usually, my BP shows normal values less than 120/80 mmHg, but sometimes, I get BP over 150/100 mmHg. Today morning when I checked, it was 160/110 mmHg. I am very scared. After an hour it reduced to ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The BP (blood pressure) may fluctuate with conditions such as during stress, and during an illness, the BP may be raised. If it occurs occasionally, there is no need for any other medicine. I advise you to manage your BP without medicines as much as possible because y... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 46-year-old male. My height is 5.41" and my weight is 143.30 Ibs. I am known HTN for 3 years. My medications were Olmezest 10 mg once daily in the morning and Prolomet XL 50 mg once daily in the evening. Now I am diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. My readings are FBS 141, PPBS 236, a... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Previously, you were on tablet Olmezest (Olmesartan) and tablet Prolomet XL 50 (Metoprolol tartrate). Now you are on diabetic medication and the tablet Tazloc-H 40 (Telmisartan). Tablet Olmezest and tablet Tazloc are similar kinds of drugs. So, taking one drug is enough... Read Full »
I suffer from high BP and heart rate. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 30 year old. Recently, I started having high blood pressure. It goes up and down a lot. At some times, it is 170/90 mmHg, and at others, it is 130/80 mmHg. Recently I have done a blood test, where my Hb was 10.52 mg/dL, cholesterol was 152 mg/dL, triglyceride was 165 mg/dL, HDL ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your pulse rate is high. Please do a free T4 (thyroxine), T3 (triiodothyronine) and TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) test. For your BP (blood pressure), you can take Met XL (Metoprolol) 50 one tablet, once daily at around 8 AM and tablet Stamlo (Amlodipine) 5 one ta... Read Full »
My wife has pain in the upper part of her stomach. Why?
Query: Hi doctor, I want to explain my wife's situation and I need your help and assistance. When my wife was in the kitchen, suddenly she felt some pain and heat in the upper part of her stomach and felt all her body become hot. I took her to the hospital, in the emergency department her pressure was 110/... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. First relax. There is nothing to worry about. I have gone through the detailed history and investigations (attachment removed to protect patient identity) you have attached. I found cardiac markers are quite normal. Her 2D echo is normal. Her other blood investigation... Read Full »
My mother has fluctuating blood pressure. Kindly help.
Query: Hello doctor, I am concerned about my mother. She is 49 years old, height 5'4 feet, and weighs 75 kg since she refuses to go to a hospital. She is been diagnosed with hypertension since her 20s. Her average BP is around systolic 130 to 140 mm/Hg and diastolic 80 to 90 mm/Hg. But there was a time whe... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. Actually, she needs to continue blood pressure monitoring daily, morning and evening. And she needs to take blood pressure medicines daily, to maintain her fluctuating blood pressure. Along with medicine ask her to reduce ... Read Full »