i am 40 year old uninsured woman who presented to er with pb 220/219 with severe pain in right side and severe headach. physician did a ct and sent me home with high bp and without a diagnosis, pain medication, valum, and muscle relaxer. it is three days later and headach is severe and I was told i need a MRI to see if i have a blead but hospital will not schedule it because I don t have insurancve
Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion. You should know that we talk about hypertension if we have mean value that exceeds 140 / 90 mmHg. A person might have high value during emotional and physicals trees so It's mandatory to judge on mean values. During a hypertensive crisis a person might experience headache, blurred vision, dizziness, nausea. A very high Food pressure might house neurological damages. So, it is mandatory to treat high blood pressure. My opinion is that you should not worry. You are experiencing headache only because of high values. If neurological damage happens the situation is worse and acute. If I was your treating doctor I will recommend some examination like a cardiac echo to evaluate heart function and walls, a full blood analyze to check renal function, a holder pressure monitoring to evaluate your values during day and night. After this I would recommend a good antihypertensive treatment and then we can do the MRI to check the neurological situation. Hope I was helpful. Best regards, Chat Doctor. 