Tag Archives: hypertension

Home blood pressure monitoring. Do you need it? How to do it?

Posted on December 21, 2021 by drlesliegreenberg

Home blood pressure monitoring. Do you need it? How to do it? Blood pressure is an important vital sign. Blood pressures should routinely run less than 135/85. Some patients only have high blood pressure in physician or dental offices. This … Continue reading →

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Should you take your once-a-day blood pressure medication at night or in the morning?

Posted on June 16, 2020 by drlesliegreenberg

Researchers randomized over 19,000 patients to find the answer to this question. Patients who took their medications at bedtime had less likelihood of having an adverse event. This means just changing the time of your blood pressure medication decreased your … Continue reading →

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How to coach patients to help them be successful in blood pressure management?

Posted on April 15, 2019 by drlesliegreenberg

How to coach patients to help them be successful in blood pressure management? Research shows that in one-year only 50% of patients take their blood pressure medication as prescribed. One of my roles as a physician is to coach and … Continue reading →

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Have you been told you have high blood pressure?

Posted on June 15, 2017 by drlesliegreenberg

Have you been told you have high blood pressure? If so, you are not alone. Hypertension affects 1/3 of Americans. High blood pressure is considered a “modifiable risk factor” for cardiovascular disease, stroke kidney failure and death. Modifiable means that … Continue reading →

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Initial management of high blood pressure

Posted on March 30, 2015 by drlesliegreenberg

First off, you need to know YOUR blood pressure. Get this done at any pharmacy or grocery store. There are two blood pressure numbers. Your blood pressure should be UNDER 135/ UNDER 85 (s Why is this so important? Hypertension is the MOST common chronic … Continue reading →

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How many blood pressure readings are needed to accurately diagnose high blood pressure?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by drlesliegreenberg

Answer: Several. The blood pressure measurements should be taken over time. Your doctor will want the individual blood pressures, but may also average them to get your “true” blood pressure. Use of a single blood pressure to determine whether blood … Continue reading →

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Do you have high blood pressure OR swelling of your ankles? Getting too much salt?

Posted on May 24, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

Sodium. A villain of sorts. Are you one of the 90% of Americans who consume too much sodium? 10 food categories account for a great deal of our sodium intake, per the Centers for Disease Control. The top 10 culprits … Continue reading →

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Are you young with high blood pressure?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by drlesliegreenberg

A common belief is that high blood pressure is only important to people as they get older. We each have an age in our head that we think that we are young (!) … and do not need medicine like … Continue reading →

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Blood pressure, a “high score” is not good.

Posted on October 4, 2010 by drlesliegreenberg

I wish high blood pressure caused pain. Not much pain, just enough to compel patients to seek help and to be compliant with medication. Diagnosis: For children BP is checked on a chart by gender, age and height. Childhood obesity is rampant, so I … Continue reading →

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