Did you know blood pressure checks are a Medi-Cal benefit?
San Francisco Health Plan encourages you to get your blood pressure checked regularly to help you and your doctor know if you are at risk for a heart attack or stroke.
Diagnosis
You can find out if you have hypertension by having your blood pressure checked regularly. Once you have it, it can often last a lifetime.
If your reading is between 120/80 and 139/89 mmHg, you could have pre-hypertension. This means that you don’t have high blood pressure now, but may develop it in the future.
Some people have higher blood pressure in a provider’s office than they do the rest of the time. You can find out if this is true for you by having your blood pressure read in a pharmacy, or by using a home blood pressure cuff. You should write down the results and share them with your provider.
Sources:
What Is High Blood Pressure? (NIH)
High Blood Pressure (MedlinePlus)
