My mother woke yesterday morning with a bad rash all over her face. She was lucky to get a doctor's appointment. While there the doctor checked her blood pressure an found it was high. She's due to get a 24 hour blood pressure monitor next week for further investigation.
Today, my mother asked me would I google how to reduce blood pressure for her. She said she would like to avoid medication and treat it naturally. I actually feel like banging my head of a wall with this one. She's first in line to run to the doctor if she even has sniffles.in search for antibiotics. If she has a bad headache, she refuses to take a tablet or two of ibuprofen.
Anyways I googled and I didn't get back to her with what I read online yet. I'm slow to do this. What I read online says:
Reduce weight/maintain a healthy weight
Reduce stress
Eat healthy and include some supplements
Reduce caffeine
Reduce salt
Reduce or cut out alcohol
No smoking
Exercise regularly
I'm not very happy with what I read here because my mothers lifestyle/habits are good.
She's a good weight
She exercises/walks nearly every day.
She doesn't drink
She doesn't smoke
Her diet is simple. No junk food. Maybe a piece of chocolate or a biscuit here and there.
I will say stress for not only my mother but for the whole family has been high all year.
So, here is my mother with many ingredients for good health but she still has high blood pressure, which makes me think maybe there is something more serious going on. What do you think?