my friend went to the hospital to have her blood pressure taken, turned out to be 215 under 139?
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Yes... HyperTensioN - worryingly high blood pressure. This can effect health in a number of ways - most seriously, the heart and causing death!
Reducing salt intake, lowering bodyweight through sensible eating and regular exercise and taking steps to reduce stress are all likely to help. If this information is not forthcoming from your GP, get another GP who knows how to do their job properly. Leaving a hypertensive patient in a state of worry and confusion is a pretty dumb idea.
Your friend needs to get some help addressing lifestyle changes - trying to do everything at once will be a massive strain on the system and can be as dangerous as doing nothing at all.
There are a number of groups who can help - start with the NHS website and try to get your friend to join a gym/ exercise class. Qualified instructors will help get started and can provide nuggets of information.
If your friend is NOT overweight, unhealthy and stressed, get the hell back to the doctors and demand further tests, because something is causing that hypertension. Average blood pressure is 120/80 and borderline hypertension begins at 140/90; so you can see why she should be concerned!!!
The correct term is 215 over 139 and HTN is shorthand for hypertension, which means high blood pressure.
I suggest your friend looks at her lifestyle, looses weight, reduces salt and alcohol intake and if she is on the pill, come off it. She is at increased risk of a heart attack, regardless of how old she is. She should also have her cholesterol checked too.
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