Proper care urged for high blood pressure patient
A reader describes a patient with high blood pressure under medical care by Lawrence and Lamb M.D. The patient requires extra potassium due to medication and obtains it from medicine and fruit like oranges and bananas. The inquiry questions whether lifelong continuation is truly necessary.
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Weight loss and lifestyle advised to lower high blood pressure
A reader asks about potassium sources besides bananas and the best way to reduce a husband’s high blood pressure. The columnist urges weight loss, reduced fat deposits, smoking cessation, and moderating potassium intake with diet changes including orange juice. Emphasizes that blood pressure control lowers stroke and heart attack risk and notes that fat and cholesterol levels relate to vascular risk.
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