How can high blood pressure be treated?
Patient: I am 60 year old female that flew in from London 6 weeks ago to look after my mother who is in hospital since 29 April. I’m experiencing high blood pressure for several weeks and 2 days ago I had a wavy vision in my peripheral view in my left eye, then I woke yesterday with a pain in my left temple behind my eye, I took ibuprofen and used ice pack, which helped alleviate it, but it has persisted during the night again and it keeps waking me up,. My ears are ringing and my BO is 150/110 with 50 beats at 5:15am. I usually have low blood pressure and suffer from vertigo BPV..... I am trying to rest but can’t sleep and frightened if I can have a stroke. I have no medical coverage here if I go to A& E , but afraid to fly home in this condition.... what should. Do? Doctor: Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.  I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms are not typical of a stroke. But, it is important to exclude possible temporal arteritis which can mimic this clinical situation. For this reason, I recommend consulting with your GP for a physical exam and some tests:  - a resting ECG - complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation - blood electrolytes for any possible imbalances - thyroid hormone levels for thyroid gland dysfunction - a brain MRI study.  You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests.   Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.