140/94 is not the end of the world but it is a wake up call to change your diet and exercise now or you will be on medication. I hit that and had to go on meds after ignoring the advice of my doctor and not changing my lifestyle.
Don't use temporary blood pressure fluctuations to excuse making bad dietary and lifestyle choices. It has to go much higher, into nose bleed territory, and consistently to be a threat to your immediate health.
So take the warning. Stick to a healthy diet and exercise, ignore the temporary variations in BP unless they go crazy and your BP will come down and hopefully you will never need to go on meds.
I have been off of mine and cholesterol meds for well over a year now. But I would rather have not gone on them in the first place.
And insist on using an over-sized cuff. With a normal one I could flinch and make that sucker read a reading through the roof!
Last edited by IanG; 10-04-2015 at 07:30 PM.
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