Hi Doctor My mom is about 62 Yrs and is under medication for Hypertention. She is seeing  a cardiologist and he has put her on Losacar 75 mg, Nebuvas 10 mg and Rosuvastatine. But lately she has noticed that her pressure is always around 150/98 max and usually around 140/92. Should we be alarmed?
Hello, Thanks for writing to Chat Doctor, I am Chat Doctor. High BP is major risk factor for major diseases like HD, stroke,.HTN can be due to many reason but most time it is due to idiopathic THT there is no cause n called essential hypertension.some causes can be renal, metabolic,endocrine etc....ideally in high BP pt need BP caring twice daily for ate last 5 days n then consider that it is high BP.in high BP 1st need to do lifestyle modification include take low fatty diet n low salt diet with DEC wait n inc exercise n monitor BP for up to 6 months n still inc BP then need to be put on med n then need monitor bps til to adjust dose...it is done for pt who are recently DX...as your mother is already known pt of HTN n having high BP need to optimize dose n still have high readings then add on TX need to be considered n if there underlying factor that increasing BP may need to eliminate too...in old pt vessel become thick n hard n lead to inc BP while in young it dilates/constrict Sacco