I don't really know what could have caused this but keep monitoring it and write it down somewhere if you can. My BP is on average 117/77-133/90. I am 14 years old and not overweight at all. My cardiologist just started giving me meds for that kind of blood pressure(Atenolol, 25 mg twice a day) so I kinda have to disagree with the first poster. I don't think my blood pressure has ever reached more than 150/100. I have prehypertension and was untreared for 2 years. Even though my blood pressure was high but no the high, because untreated caused my mitral valve regurgitation and left ventricular hypertrophy. If this conitnues please do see a doctor.
most people would give their right arm for blood pressure like that. I would continue to monitor it for a few weeks and see if it goes back down. As stated already, it could be
you have some kind of virus which has increased your pressure temporarily.
hi, Colleen. It's not really a high level, though your systolic is up that 12 points. I wouldn't guess that most doctors would treat anything less than 140/90 with drugs.
The DASH diet changes your mineral balance and can improve BP. That plus weight loss and exercise are generally the way to go - you seem to be doing that already.
In my own case, I experienced a sudden hypertension after a cold virus, which I believe affected my arteries, maybe by causing less nitric oxide. That's mostly reversed now.
But first of all, I'd check BP at another location, to make sure it's not just a measurement error. Maybe that machine went off.
Other causes of sudden changes are usually hormonal, but you'd expect much higher BP in such cases.