im a 36 year old weight 178 black woman..i just had a blood pressure test done with a machine at my job..the results were systolic 128 diastolic 104 pulse 68.Do i need to schedule an appt. with my doctor or are these results ok for me. What should I do?
Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. You should not worry. I'll try to explain and give you my opinion. You should know that we talk about hypertension if we have mean values that exceeds 140 / 90 mmHg. A person might have high value during emotional and physicals trees so It's mandatory to judge on mean values. Hypertension is divided into two groups. Essential hypertension, usually in older age without an identified cause. It is a chronic disease, and should be treated all live long. Secondary hypertension is common in younger ages, meaning that it's a secondary house of it. This might be a renal disease, an endocrine problem or a cardiovascular anomaly. So, if I was your treating doctor I will recommend some examination like an electrocardiogram, a cardiac echo to evaluate heart function and walls, a full blood analyze, your urinary catecholamine and a holder pressure monitoring. After all this we can better judge your mean values during day and night, we can understand if we have to do with hypertension and how to treat it. Hope I was helpful. Best regards, Chat Doctor.