heat stroke high blood pressure

Yes, you are very correct to be greatly concerned. You can go to the American Heart Association's site and search for stroke risk factors. The time when you're most likely to have a stroke is when you've already had one, or had mini-strokes. Having high blood pressure also makes you at risk. Having had a heart attack means you're at extra risk. Many years ago, physicians believed that it was okay to have a blood pressure which was equal to 100 plus your age.

Well, other the a family history of strokes I am wondering if having high blood pressure puts me at risk. Recent tests on my heart say its fine. But my blood pressure had been high and recently found out that I have vessel damage behind my eyes due to high blood pressure. I also have vessel damage on a brain MRI. I am just wondering how high blood pressure is bad if my heart is fine.

Often if you live with such high levels of pressure, it may suddenly swing to either very high or very low side with serious health damages. High blood pressure could be a symptom of some other health issues, like high cholesterol, blocking or thinning of some arteries, diabetes or kidney problem, so that a thorough evaluation will be required before treating it.

As far as living a healthy lifestyle I've got it. I haven't been able to exercise as much as I wanted while I was incredibly fatigued, but I'm picking that back up. The thing is that for nearly a year I've had blood pressure that is all over the place. I think it was 140/105 at the dentist on Thursday. It's got to be secondary in nature. I'm 26, eat incredibly healthy, have good weight and BMI (I'm a size 2 or 4). I can't go on blood pressure meds.

Could be high blood pressure. Or, if it's really hot you may be experiencing heat stroke.

t get it and try not to stress it raises your blood pressure, did they put you on a blood pressure medicine to lower it?

s actually someone like a real stroke but heat stroke or heat exhaustion affects the brain in a different way and the ongoing symptoms are related to the body's reaction to heat or sun. Not everyone experiences ongoing sensitivity, and yours may ease off. But in my case, it was permanent. I remember those two incidents very well to this day, man I was sick (unbelievable). So in a way I am not surprised.

If you answered no to either of the questions above, I think it is important that you get the tests to check for potential damage from a stroke and talk with your doctor about starting blood pressure medication. The blood pressure medication may help your symptoms as from the info in your post, it seems that your symptoms are related to the increased blood pressure over the past 5 days. Please keep us updated on how you are feeling. Take care.

A high diastolic can be caused by stiffening of the arteries, through age, or through coronary artery disease As people become older, the diastolic pressure will begin to decrease and the systolic blood pressure begins to rise and becomes more important. ...There is a differentiation with diastolic and age. For the younger people, the diastolic blood pressure is an important metric.

Low blood pressure can be associated with hormonal problems like underactive thyroid, diabetes mellitus, low blood sugar, liver disease, heat stroke, heart failure etc.Certain diseases like autonomic neuropathy, nutritional diseases, and cardiovascular diseases can lead to low B.P .Drink more fluids and water. Several medications can be used to treat low blood pressure especially orthostatic hypotension. A drug like fludrocortisone is often used to treat this form of low blood pressure.

now my blood pressure maximum time 110/70 but when i get up morning my blood pressure 135/95 but after 1 hour its 110/70. my sleep time is good sleep.sleep time i don't feel bad or any other problem,why that time my blood pressure is up?its any problem?if i take blood pressure medicine.my bp is so down.but when i don't use cpap that time i take high bp medicine, i use cpap that time can attack my heart & stroke ?

So the last few weeks when I go to the doctor my blood pressure is high (can hit 160/110) so each time he sends me to l&d blood work is normal and the last visit was the only visit without protein in my urine. He said he could induce me on Tuesday which would make me 36+4. At last visit baby was measuring 7.7 lbs. I have also lost my mucus plug. I also have gestational diabetes. My question is would u be ok woth inducing this early. I am afraid to make the wrong decision.

diagnosed stroke 2/08/2010 hospitalized for 8 days, diabetes and high blood pressure found at this time. being treated. numbness as call it is left side arm, leg. face , i have complete use of all these, just the numbness. is there anything that i can do to get this seemingly back to normal or close to .

BP of 100/80 is high. You definitely do not have low blood pressure. It sounds like you may have had a stroke, you really need to see your doctor for a correct diagnosis.

My Grandmother had a stroke and my Mother has high blood pressure as well. As I said before I am having a stress test in 2 weeks, so I will be seeing the doctor then, but I am concerned about high it has been. Aslo, I don't now if it's worth mentioning or not but I am a breast cancer survivior and did have chemo 6 years ago. Could this have had an effect on my bp?

t, by all means), but also be aware that the sensation of pulsating veins, headache, etc, also can be a sign of dilated blood vessels in the heat, or a high heart stroke volume, which is not necessarily signs of a high blood pressure. I often tend to believe I have high blood pressure when I have a headache or feel dizzy. Turns out it's the opposite. My blood pressure is usually low (except during stress, like everyone else).

The mean (average) blood pressure is the generally recognized indication and representative of one's true blood pressure. Variability in blood pressure is usually dismissed as uninformative and random, And your 155 systolic reading is not excessively high. If there are episodes of a severe increase in blood pressure that can occur with sudden release of a large amount of adrenaline hormones from the tumor. Any reading above 180/110 is considered severe high blood pressure.

ve always heard that high blood pressure puts you at risk on hot days. I know that people with high BP have more of a risk of heat stroke. So I would NOT cut down on your BP meds during the summer, and be sure to stay cool and hydrated. I have low blood pressure, but my respiration does get more difficult when I'm overheated, and I get really tired afterwards. This is almost certainly due to being heat intolerant because of the MS.

s one of those home devices, take it to your GP. Ask him/her to check your blood pressure properly with a stethascope and then try your monitor to see how far out it is. Most doctors don't mind this because they are fascinated to see how accurate it is. Once you know, you can basically subtract that difference each time.

High blood pressure can be dangerous if its not monitored, but if I were you I would start drinking lots of water and increase your protein intake- I'm talking so much protein you can't stand it. I was struggling with dizziness and actually low blood pressure, but protein shakes did the trick for me in combination with constant meat consumption. If that doesn't help after a few days and you haven't gone into labor, talk to your doctor again.

Heat stroke high blood pressure

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