my husband is 32 years old and has high blood pressure. he has been exercising, taking fish oil tablets, drinking hawthorne berries tea and garlic - eating with very little salt, no meat only fish everything basically that he can do except going on meds. But as of a few days his blood pressure readings have been 152/ 105, 148/ 100 and other high readings at the morning readings. what is wrong? he does not drink or smoke and nothing is happening. what should he do?
Hi... Welcome to Chat Doctor. Blood pressure above 140/90 mm of Hg in persons below 60 years of age even after lifestyle modification definitely requires treatment. Since your husband is very young he needs to evaluated to know the cause for high BP, So I would Recommend,1. Get renal function tests, USG of Kidneys, renal Doppler and 24 hour urinary metanephrines to know cause for BP.2. Get funds copy and 2D Echo to look for complications of BP3. Star oral meds since he is persistently having BP above 140/90 which otherwise would lead to complications.