High blood pressure and Im just 19? -

I went to the doctor today because of my bronchitis and they were a little startled about my blood pressure it was 130/80. They said I might have something called white coat hypertension. Meaning I stress out when I see doctors which is really true, as soon as I got to the doctors office my heart was pounding. Anyway I got home and measured it and it was 140/100 and I was stressing/freaking out over my blood pressure before I measured it and while I measured it. But now has come down to 138/96. So my questions are can stress/worrying effect your blood pressure that much? How about having bronchitis, the only medicine i had been taking was tylenol. I am 5 10quot; 180 and work out regularly. Of course my diet could be better but I didn t think I would have to worry about these things so early on. What do you all recommend?

yes stress can increase blood pressure like that, but how did you measure your blood pressure at home, because electronic machines may give wrong readings. and i think you should take your pressure 3 times per day over 2 weeks. if it is elevated try to decrease salt in your food,take care

It doesn t matter if you re 19! High blood pressure can happen to anyone. I would try and change your eating habits and see the doctor. You need to eat more nutritious foods that can help you instead of act against you. I used to eat burritos a lot and I developed high blood pressure along with gout. It is probably something you re eating that s doing it.

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I would recommend seeing your doctor... and yes, I read the whole explanation. Why would I still recommend seeing a doctor? Well, I m not one, and can t give you sound medical advice. I don t carry malpractice insurance, and neither does anyone else on Yahoo Answers.

normally i would suggest seeing a doctor, but in your case im not too sure. it might make it worse. i would recoomend eating less salty foods

Getting stressed out raises your blood pressure a lot, i think its mainly cause of the doctor thing. Then, because you were stressed out about having high blood pressure when you measured it the second time it was worse. Just chill, maybe change your diet and im sure youll be fine.