Is a blood pressure of 140/86 mmHg hypertension?

If the blood pressure reaches 140/86mmHg once in a while and is measured below 140/90mmHg or 130/80mmHg at all other times, there is definitely no high blood pressure, and you can safely continue to live a normal life without the need to take medication. If the repeated measurements of blood pressure are taken in quiet, not nervous, at home, and the blood pressure measured under these conditions reaches 140/86mmHg many times, it can be diagnosed as hypertension class I. If the patient is a middle-aged or young person, without the combination of diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, heart failure and other such problems, he/she can not take medication first, and then monitor the change of blood pressure in 1-3 months by adjusting the dietary structure, light diet, improving the working and living conditions, and letting himself/herself be in the relaxation and healthy and regular life, and then, if he/she can be lowered to less than 140/90mmHg, he/she can not need to take medication, and pay attention to the usual observation on it. If the blood pressure can be lowered to below 140/90mmHg, it can be monitored without medication. If after the above observation blood pressure still can not fall, and even more than 140/90mmHg, you can start to take antihypertensive drugs to control the condition, as long as the regular medication, can control the blood pressure at the normal level, reduce the adverse effects on their cardiovascular and cerebral vessels, and hypertension drugs have fewer side effects, you can rest assured that you can take. Specifically what drugs to take, you should go to the hospital outpatient clinic to find a doctor under the guidance of.