i am 37 years old female and i am hypertensive since long time ago (more than 15 years) -familial -my BP is not very well controlled during these years but this last year i am trying to control it as my BP spikes all of sudden even though i take medicine to treat it, last of which was today i am on plendil for the last 10 days and actually my Bp was controlled and it reached optimal results, all of sudden my HR at rest reached >180 and my BP was 170/110 i was sent to the ER and i was given
Two quick questions: is there a difference between high blood pressure and hypertension (I noticed there are 2 different topics listed here) Also, I began taking 12.5mg of atenolol 2x/day - it's only my second day, so in total I took 3 pills. I noticed a feeling of calm come over me, however, I was told it might make me sleepy. I had the opposite reaction.
Does anyone experience headaches that start in the middle of the night, and are bad in the mornings....it hurts above my temples, my forhead, back of neck and my face (jaw, facebones). Ironically, yesterday I was fine when I went to the ENT to check my sinuses. He looked inside my nose with a pediatric scope and said they weren't infected but I had some fluid in the ethmoid sinuses. I had a nosebleed on my left side, but the pain is a dull ache.
Do my own gardening. Rest and pace my self. On Hctz 25mg, atenotol 50mg and plendil 2.5 mg daily. Borderline diabetic. Wt 160# 5' 6" In fairly good health otherwise despite my age of 77.
Nerve irritation somewhere? Other causes beside low sodium, calcium and potassium? What other workups do you suggest?
During the last 3-4 weeks of my pregnancy I was diagnosed preeclamptic/eclamptic. I delivered a week ago and 2 days after I had these horrible headaches with a burning sensation on my neck/back area. My blood pressure was 162/132 I went to the ER and they gave me meds to lower it. I'm now on blood pressure medication...5 pills a day...2 different meds. Has anyone experienced post partum hypertension?
I was just wondering if I truly have hypertension? Or could it be White Coat Hypertension? Or could it be prehypertension as I have a family history?
It's possible that you have what they call "white coat hypertension" and its also possible to have real hypertension. Its disturbing that your dr just assumed you were a hypochondriac and gave you a powerful benzo to treat it.
Drs dont normally put a patient on meds after just one high reading and so I wouldn't necessarily say he is wrong for not immediately putting you on blood pressure medication.
A systolic pressure of 140 is classified as stage 1 hypertension. For that, one is usually advised to try lifestyle modifications (smoking cessation, alcohol moderation, sodium restriction, the DASH diet, increased moderate exercise, etc) to bring it down.
A diastolic pressure of 56 is lower than average, but as long as you are asymptomatic it is not a problem.
Hypertension is associated with the resistence of the vessels the heart pumps against. For instance, the smaller the diameter of the vessel the more resistance...diameter can be reduced by a buildup of plague and/or soft plaque that narrows (stenosis) the lumen (vessel channel). Medication that dilates the vessel reduces the resistance.
Trivial MV regurgitation does not have any symptoms and is considered medically insignificant.
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t think it is directly causing hypertension, I found psychcentral says PTSD can make a person prone to hypertension. Your blood pressure ratings are through the roof, are you taking a medication for it? I too have been diagnosed with PTSD and have usually high blood pressure but mine is nowhere near that high and seems to fluctuate. Are you on medication for the PTSD as well?
yes i have uncontrolled hypertension and my bp's a generally between 150's to the 265's ranges and i have palpatation's in my neck it's vert forseful: it also makes heart feellike it's racing and pounding very hard. im dizzy light headed and i also have shortness of breath when i do anything. one of my cardiologist told me that my kidneys may be the reason for my blood pressure being so uncontrolled.
I am a 69 old male with a hypertension and ischemia diagnosis and I have a doubt. My question is why there are some days when I take my blood pressure the readings between left and right arm are very big. For example today early in the morning my left arm show a lecture of 150/100 and the right 135/95, I wait for ten minutes and my reading were 135/92 and 125/82. Can you tell me the reason why this happen.
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