Yes my husband blood pressure was 160/100 and he is expiriancing severe headache blurred vision i am an lvn took his bp 5 mins later it was 165/100 I instructed him to lay down elevated feet took his pulse and bp another 5 mins later it was 122/80 what is going on had mild htn
Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion. You should know that we talk about hypertension if we have mean value that exceeds 140 / 90mmHg. A person might have high value during emotional and physicals trees so It's mandatory to judge on mean values. Usaly hypertension does not give any symptoms but left untreated he slowly modifies heart muscle. During a hypertensive crisis a person might experience headaches, blurredvision, dizziness,tachycardia ewe recommend to a person to rise up the legs during low blood pressure not high blood pressure because rising the legs increases venous return and helps to rise low blood pressure. In your husband case it might be a sporadic or emotional high value. Even though, as we have this high value, if I was the treating doctor I will recommend some examination like an electrocardiogram, a cardiac echo to evaluate heart function and walls, a full blood analyze to check renal function, and the most important one holder blood pressure monitoring to evaluate values during day and night. After all this we can better judge if we have hypertension and how to treat it. Hope I was helpful. Best regards, Chat Doctor.