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Question #13958
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blood pressure for women - #13958

Pooja

I am really worried about my blood pressure for women. Like, this whole year has just been crazy stressful. I never, ever thought I'd be keeping an eye on my number, but I’ve started to notice that I'm feeling dizzy and a bit out of breath sometimes. My mom always said “lower your blood pressure for women during stressful times,” and I thought she was just being dramatic. But here I am, late nights, skipping meals, and honestly, it feels like everything is piling up. Got a health screening last week, and my blood pressure read 140/90. The doc said that isn’t great, especially for women my age. I thought blood pressure for women was supposed to be in the normal range, which I thought was lower than that!! I’m trying to figure out ways to manage it. Like should I be eating less salt or exercising more? And does stress really play that big a role in affecting blood pressure for women? I guess I’m just really confused and worried about how this might affect my overall health. Has anyone else here dealt with rising blood pressure for women like this? What helped you?

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