instruction: hi doctor my father is 63 years old he suffered from a mild stroke yesterday and we would like to seek the second opinion on the proper treatment for his case he was given catapres to lower his blood pressure and was asked to continue taking his maintenance medicines for hypertension losartan his latest be taken just a while ago is 140 80 mhg we would also like to ask for guidance whether this warrants a trip to the er since the hospitals are now full of confirmed and suspected couid patients we are concerned that going to the hospital may be more detrimental to his health please help
output: hello regarding your concern I would like to explain that his blood pressure values are normal I would like to know his symptoms did he perform a brain it scan as he suffers from diabetes the most probable cause would be an ischemic stroke blood clot for this reason besides antihypertensive drugs antidiabetic drugs it is necessary taking baby aspirin 80 100mg daily in order to help prevent a future stroke I hope this helps