howhigh blood resure is dangerous?

[weazle74]

all thru the day i get 14/90 and highest 17/100 sometimes 20/11 usualy night time all day fruxuates 16..15.14. night time goes higher ls tel me if you know when b is dangerous. my head feels burning

[Jazzw]

I’m really sorry Weazle74, I can’t make head nor tail of that. Those aren’t blood pressure readings that I recognise. Did you mean 140/90 rather than 14/90?

[weazle74 in reply to Jazzw]

yes like 17.5/101 or 16.8/93 is between 155/84 it fraxuates all day night time gets high as 18 /100 or near tehere even lying own

[Jazzw in reply to weazle74]

Weazle74, I think you should probably give your doctor a call to see if you can get an online appointment. Some of those readings are a little high. Sometimes blood pressure can be high when we aren’t on quite enough levothyroxine (I’m going to assume you’re hypothyroid). But it might be high for another reason so to be on the safe side, chat it over with your doctor.

[weazle74 in reply to Jazzw]

i did she dont think i have hashimoto she thinks my tests are good without medication / so he gave me micardis but i try for a week to see if bp is high and then decide to start i cut salt out and coffe hope it wil go down .she said is anxiety about the lockdown and covid10 ,, i have chronic brochitis cough sometimes cant breath easy and she thinks is me worrying and make my bp high thanks for writing to me

[Winnie1929]

Hi weazle74, I can understand that you are worried about your BP, particularly and this time. I spoke to my doctor two weeks ago as my BP had been around 190/115 for some time. I've been given medication as it had been consistently high for months.

This is the information, given to my directly from my GP.

To get a true picture you need to take your blood pressure over a week. Old monitors, don't always give an accurate reading so ideally you should be using one less than three years old.

Don't take your reading as soon as you get up. Wait till mid morning or before lunch. Take your reading, wait two minutes and then take another reading. The second reading is usually lower.

Repeat this in the evening before you have a meal.

Keep a record for around five days.

Also keep a note of your heart rate if your BP machine gives you this.

If you need to speak to a doctor they will probably ask you to do this, so it will save time if you have the information ready.

Hope this is helpful for you. I called my surgery two weeks ago. The GP rang me back for information and decided to see me, however protocols may be different now, with the CV outbreak stepping up a gear.

[weazle74 in reply to Winnie1929]

my bp machine is very old maybe 7 years i bought .. i take it all the time every half hour sometimes is lower and by night time late afternoon goe high

[Winnie1929 in reply to weazle74]

My GP did say not to take blood pressure excessively. I think every half hour is probably too much. I understand how anxious you are about it but try to take it less often. Anxiety pushes it up so it is all a balancing act.

[weazle74 in reply to Winnie1929]

is true