diastolic blood pressure

[cornishbumkin]

Hi i have been testing my blood pressure and my diastolic blood pressure is 98 to 100 which is high, does anyone know the best way to get this lower please.

[Mike_NY]

If you are testing it yourself, make sure to be sitting stationary like watching TV for at least 10 minutes before taking a reading. I have been known to be 150/100 while the doc was checking my BP. Turns out it was just high because I was anxious being at the docs office. I bought my own BP monitor and my readings are about 117/66 when checking at home.

If it's still high speak to your doc. There are loads of articles on google on how to lower your diastolic numbers. Eating healthy, exercising and limiting salt and alcohol intake are a good start. Smoking also causes high BP