Hi, I just came back from my emergency dept. because i wasnt feeling right, they took my vitals and my blood pressure read 178/98, they said it was a little high, and that was it.. is there anything i should do and is this really high?  Im a 27 year old female and my mother just suffered a heart attack on thursday
Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain and give you my opinion. We talk about hypertension if we have mean values that exceeds 140/90 mmHg. It is normal to have higher blood pressure values after a physical or an emotional stress, so it is important to judge on mean day and night values. Hypertension is divided in two groups