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Q: Teen with high blood pressure ?

asked by: anolan13 on January 17th, 2008

New User

Hi,

I'm 17 years old , 155 Lbs. 6'0 tall...Male. I'm not skin and bones but I'm definitely not overweight. I generally exercise but recently, due to the demands of school I haven't been able to. I used a blood pressure machine the other day and I got a reading of 140/90...high...bad....few minutes later it read 136/90...still bad...Should I get it looked at? What's the deal? Should I be worried?

Replies(2)

charmedwitch

replied on January 17th, 2008

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blood pressure

hi there im 17 and i have high blood pressure.
is there history of high blood pressure in your fanily as this is why i got it.
go to your doctor and have a check up.
ur doc might prescribe some pills.
take it easy

patrickl

replied on February 3rd, 2008

New User

Machine is most likely off. Anyway, just get it checked.

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