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Try eating licquorice, that is supposed to increase blood pressure.

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Actually, you have mentioned a lot of good alternatives. How do you feel about vitamins? Magnesium helps your muscles to relax and potassium helps regulate your heartbeat. DO NOT take a lot of potassium, more is not better in this case. Just take a daily supplement, the amount is on the bottle. Sometimes the body’s electrolytes are out of balance and that can cause raised blood pressure, as can stress.

Check with your doctor about herbal supplements. In California they have to let you try to lower your BP naturally before you take meds for it.

Exercise is also a good remedy. Get that body flexible and strong.

Looks like you are on the right track. I have used acupuncture and Resperate and they worked for me. Hypertension is hereditary in my family and so far I am the only one to keep my BP in line.

Good luck and hang in there.

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I would talk to your chemist before taking anything, they are really helpful and know allot about medications, you don’t want to get the wrong advice..

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That isnt really low. But you need to go by how you feel. My blood pressure is average 94/60. And i start to feel kinda off. You might need to up your salt intake. That usually helps me. If you start passing out, or feeling really sick, then sick help. You best bet is to bring it up with your doctor. Its my guess since your top number is still in teh hundreds, the er is gonna just send you home. Mine gets as low as 83/50 which is low..and i have trouble. I wouldnt worry just yet.

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My Friend Here are some advices, precautions and other details about low blood pressure. May the GOD give your mom Health.

People who have lower blood pressures have a lower risk of strokes, kidney disease, and heart diseases. Athletes, people who exercise regularly, people who maintain ideal body weights, and non-smokers, tend to have lower blood pressures. Therefore, low blood pressure is desirable as long as it is not low enough to cause symptoms and damage to organs in the body.

What are low blood pressure signs and symptoms?

When the blood pressure is not sufficient to deliver enough blood to the organs of the body, the organs do not work properly and may be permanently damaged. For example, if insufficient blood flows to the brain, brain cells do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients, and a person can feel light-headed, dizzy, or even faint. Going from a sitting or lying position to a standing position often brings out the symptoms of low blood pressure. This occurs because standing causes blood to “settle” in the veins of the lower body, and this can lower the blood pressure. If the blood pressure is already low, standing can make the low pressure worse to the point of causing symptoms. (The development of light-headedness, dizziness, or fainting upon standing caused by low blood pressure is called orthostatic hypotension. Normal individuals are able to compensate rapidly for the low pressure created by standing with the responses discussed previously and do not develop orthostatic hypotension.)

When there is insufficient blood pressure to deliver blood to the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply blood to the heart’s muscle), a person can develop chest pain (angina) or even a heart attack. When insufficient blood is delivered to the kidneys, the kidneys fail to eliminate wastes from the body, for example, urea and creatinine, and an increase in their levels in the blood occur (e.g., elevations of blood urea nitrogen or BUN and serum creatinine, respectively).

Shock is a life-threatening condition where persistently low blood pressure causes organs such as kidney, liver, heart, lung, and brain to fail rapidly.

Just a few decades ago, doctors thought a blood pressure reading of 160/95 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) was an acceptable target rate for most Americans. Today, those numbers are regarded as dangerously high, and blood pressure lower than 120/80 is considered optimal for good health.

The ongoing downward revision of blood pressure standards had led some people to assume that just as you can’t be too thin or too rich, your blood pressure can’t be too low. But that’s not always the case.

Many people who have low blood pressure (hypotension) are healthy and have no signs or symptoms related to lower than normal readings. But for others, low blood pressure can cause dizziness and fainting or indicate serious heart, endocrine or neurological disorders. Severely low blood pressure can deprive the brain and other vital organs of oxygen and nutrients, leading to shock, a life-threatening condition.

Signs and symptoms
Some people with low blood pressure are in peak physical condition with strong cardiovascular systems and a reduced risk of heart attack and stroke. For these people, low blood pressure, rather than being a cause for concern, is a cause for celebration.

But low blood pressure can also signal an underlying problem, especially when it drops suddenly or is accompanied by signs and symptoms such as:

Dizziness or lightheadedness
Fainting (syncope)
Lack of concentration
Blurred vision
Nausea
Cold, clammy, pale skin
Rapid, shallow breathing
Fatigue
Depression
Thirst

Causes
The heart is the prime mover of the circulatory system; with each beat it launches your blood on a journey through 60,000 miles of arteries, veins and capillaries, ultimately circulating about 2,000 gallons of blood each day.

To do this, it contracts an average of 70 times a minute with the same amount of force you’d use to squeeze a tennis ball. Blood pressure is a measurement of the pressure in your arteries during the active and resting phases of each heartbeat. Here’s what the numbers mean:

Systolic pressure. The first number in a blood pressure reading, this is the amount of pressure your heart generates when pumping blood through your arteries to the rest of your body.
Diastolic pressure.
Diastolic pressure. The second number in a blood pressure reading, this refers to the amount of pressure in your arteries when your heart is at rest between beats.
Although you can get an accurate blood pressure reading at any given time, blood pressure isn’t static. It can vary considerably in a short amount of time — sometimes from one heartbeat to the next, depending on your body position, breathing rhythm, stress level, physical condition, the medications you take, what you eat and drink, and even the time of day. Blood pressure is usually lowest at night and rises sharply on waking.

Blood pressure: How low can you go?
Current guidelines identify normal blood pressure as lower than 120/80 — many experts think 115/75 is optimal. Higher readings indicate increasingly serious risks of cardiovascular disease. Even blood pressures formerly considered healthy — 120 to 139 systolic and 80 to 89 diastolic — are now believed to increase the risks. Low blood pressure, on the other hand, is much harder to quantify.

Some experts define low blood pressure as readings lower than 90 systolic or 60 diastolic — you need have only one number in the low range for your blood pressure to be considered lower than normal. In other words, if your systolic pressure is a perfect 115, but your diastolic pressure is 50, you’re considered to have lower than normal pressure.

Yet this can be misleading because what constitutes low blood pressure is highly relative, varying considerably from one person to another. For that reason, doctors often consider chronically low blood pressure too low only if it causes noticeable signs and symptoms.

On the other hand, a sudden fall in blood pressure can be dangerous. A change of just 20 mm Hg — a drop from 130 systolic to 110 systolic, for example — can cause dizziness and fainting when the brain fails to receive an adequate supply of blood. And precipitous plunges, especially those caused by uncontrolled bleeding, severe infections or allergic reactions can, be life-threatening.

How low blood pressure gets that way
Low blood pressure can be a boon when it results from a healthy lifestyle. Athletes and people who exercise regularly, for example, tend to have lower blood pressure than do people who aren’t as fit. So, in general, do nonsmokers and people who eat well and maintain a normal weight.

But in some instances, low blood pressure can be a sign of serious, even life-threatening disorders. And although the reason for lower than normal blood pressure isn’t always clear, doctors know that the following factors can cause or contribute to low and sometimes to dangerously low readings:

Pregnancy. Because a woman’s circulatory system expands rapidly during pregnancy, blood pressure is likely to drop. In fact, during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, systolic pressure commonly drops by five to 10 points and diastolic pressure by as much as 10 to 15 points.
Medications. A number of drugs can cause low blood pressure, including diuretics and other drugs that treat hypertension; heart medications such as beta blockers; drugs for Parkinson’s disease; tricyclic antidepressants; Viagra, particularly in combination with nitroglycerine; narcotics, and alcohol. Other prescription and over-the-counter medications may cause low blood pressure when taken in combination with high blood pressure drugs.
Heart problems. Among the heart conditions that can lead to low blood pressure are an extremely low heart rate (bradycardia), problems with heart valves, heart attack and heart failure. These are conditions in which your heart may not be able to circulate enough blood to meet your body’s needs.
Endocrine problems. These include an underactive or overactive thyroid (hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism), adrenal insufficiency (Addison’s disease) low blood sugar and in some cases, diabetes.
Dehydration. Fever, vomiting, severe diarrhea, overuse of diuretics, and strenuous exercise can all lead to dehydration, a potentially serious condition in which your body loses more water than you take in. Even mild dehydration, a loss of as little as 1 percent to 2 percent of body weight, can cause weakness, dizziness and fatigue. Far more serious is hypovolemic shock, a life-threatening complication of dehydration. It occurs when low blood volume causes a sudden drop in blood pressure and a corresponding reduction in the amount of oxygen reaching your tissues. If untreated, severe hypovolemic shock can cause death within a few minutes or hours.
Blood loss. A significant loss of blood from major trauma or severe internal bleeding reduces blood volume, leading to a severe drop in blood pressure.
Severe infection (septic shock). Septic shock can occur when bacteria leave the original site of an infection — most often in the lungs, abdomen or urinary tract — and enter the bloodstream. The bacteria then produce toxins that affect your blood vessels, leading to a profound and life-threatening decline in blood pressure.
Allergic reaction (anaphylaxis). Anaphylactic shock is a sometimes fatal allergic reaction that can occur in people who are highly sensitive to drugs such as penicillin, to certain foods such as peanuts, or to bee or wasp stings. This type of shock is characterized by breathing problems, hives, itching, a swollen throat and a sudden, dramatic fall in blood pressure.
Postural (orthostatic) hypotension. This is a sudden decrease in systolic pressure, usually at least 20 mm Hg, when you stand up from a sitting or prone position. Ordinarily, blood pools in your legs whenever you stand, but your body compensates for this by increasing your heart rate and constricting blood vessels, thereby ensuring that enough blood returns to your brain. But in people with postural hypotension, this compensating mechanism fails and blood pressure falls, leading to dizziness, lightheadedness, blurred vision and even fainting. Postural hypotension can occur for a variety of reasons including dehydration, prolonged bed rest, diabetes, heart problems, burns, excessive heat, large varicose veins, adrenal insufficiency, and certain neurological disorders such as diabetic autonomic neuropathy and alcoholic polyneuropathy. A number of medications can also cause postural hypotension, particularly drugs used to treat high blood pressure — diuretics, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors — as well as antipsychotics, tricyclic antidepressants and drugs for Parkinson’s disease. Ironically, people with postural hypotension due to neurological disorders usually have high blood pressure when they’re lying down, even during sleep, when blood pressure typically falls to its lowest levels.
Postural hypotension is especially common in older adults who are more likely to use antihypertensive drugs and to have problems with blood pressure regulation than younger people are. But it can also affect young, otherwise healthy people who stand up suddenly after sitting with their legs crossed for long periods or after working for a time in a squatting position.

Multiple system atrophy with orthostatic hypotension. Also called Shy-Drager syndrome, this rare disorder causes progressive damage to the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and digestion. Although multiple system atrophy can involve muscle tremors, slowed movement, problems with coordination and speech, and incontinence, its main characteristic is severe orthostatic hypotension in combination with very high blood pressure when lying down. Multiple system atrophy can’t be cured and usually proves fatal within seven to 10 years of diagnosis.
Postprandial hypotension. A problem that almost exclusively affects older adults, postprandial hypotension is a sudden drop in blood pressure after a meal. Just as gravity pulls blood to your feet when you stand, a large amount of blood flows to your digestive tract after you eat. Ordinarily, your body counteracts this by increasing your heart rate and constricting certain blood vessels to help maintain normal blood pressure. But in some people these mechanisms fail, leading to dizziness, faintness, and falls. Postprandial hypotension is more likely to affect people with high blood pressure or autonomic nervous system disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Lowering the dose of antihypertensive drugs and eating small, low-carbohydrate meals may help reduce symptoms.
Neurally mediated hypotension. Unlike orthostatic hypotension, this disorder causes blood pressure to drop after standing for long periods, leading to symptoms such as dizziness, nausea and fainting. Although the end result is similar, neurally mediated hypotension differs from orthostatic hypotension in other important respects: It primarily affects young people, for instance, and rather than resulting from failed blood pressure regulation, it seems to occur because of a miscommunication between the heart and the brain. When you stand for extended periods, your blood pressure falls as blood pools in your legs. Normally, your body then makes adjustments to normalize your blood pressure. But in people with neurally mediated hypotension, nerves in the heart’s left ventricle actually signal the brain that blood pressure is too high, rather than too low, and so the brain lessens the heart rate, decreasing blood pressure even further. This causes more blood to pool in the legs and less blood to reach the brain, leading to lightheadedness and fainting.
Nutritional deficiencies. A lack of the essential vitamins B-12 and folic acid can cause anemia, which in turn can lead to low blood pressure.

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The class of medications known as ACE inhibitors are often responsible for a dry, non-productive cough. These are medicines thats chemical name ends in -pril.

Captopril (Capoten)
lisinopril (Zestril)
ramparil (Altace)

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It is possible to lower your BP through changing your lifestyle and it’s recommended even if you need to continue on the medication.
The things you can do is:
* Stop smoking or never begin
* Lose weight (A BMI under 25 is preferable)
* Reduce the stress in your life
* Eat less salt. Sodium increases blood pressure
* Reduce the amount of fat in your meals and increase the amount of vegetables.
* Avoid liquorice
Hypertension has a genetical component but I think a healthier lifestyle will benefit you and maybe reduce if not eliminate the need for blood pressure medication.

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No, u should ask your doctor about force factor energy drinks ect.

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There a lot of anti-hypertensive drugs (medicines that control high blood pressure), each one with its own unique mechanism and properties. Every patient is being prescribed with a medicine that suites him best according to his physical condition. Lisinopril belongs to ACE inhibitor class of a. Hyp. Drugs that are considered to be safe and effective. There is no such side effect like loss of libido or infertility. You don’t have to be worried about that medicine all it causes is just dry cough (on long term use). I will suggest you to get medically checked. There may be some other reason.

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He needs to consult with his doctor. Hypertension is a killer.

What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:

* an eating disorder, such as anorexia or bulimia
* bipolar disorder or psychosis
* diabetes or high blood sugar, treated with medication
* heart disease, previous heart attack, or irregular heart beat
* head injury or brain tumor
* high blood pressure
* kidney or liver disease
* seizures
* suicidal thoughts or a previous suicide attempt
* Tourette’s syndrome
* weight loss
* an unusual or allergic reaction to bupropion, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
* breast-feeding
* pregnant or trying to become pregnant

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My daughter also has high blood pressure. Her doctor recommendation was The Omron HEM-711AC.
It is a digital blood pressure monitor, extremely accurate(her blood pressure monitor readings are exactly the same as the BP readings that she gets from the doctor office). It is about $40 I believe and you can buy it from your pharmacy or online shopping like Amazon.
Http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006WNPW?ie=UTF8&tag=top-20-automatic-blood-pressure-monitors-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00006WNPW

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Visit the web page ebay.com for digital blood pressure monitors & pulse monitors.

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Generally speaking, rechargeable batteries do not have the same power capability as alkaline batteries. In “heavy load” equipment like medical equipment, rechargeables run down more quickly. This causes a potential safety hazard if the batteries run down at the wrong time. In the case of the boos pressure equipment, the reading may be wrong. This could cause the patient to think that they are OK when in fact they are in danger.

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You get an error message because the monitor operates by recording the cuff-pressure when certain audible signals (Korotkoff sounds) are recognized by the internal microphone, and are registered as ‘Systolic’ and ‘Diastolic’. That is, isn’t actually measuring your arterial pressure at all, … Just the cuff pressures when the noises first come and then disappear. Doctors think these are true pressures, but of course, when you think about it, they aren’t, and couldn’t possibly be, could they….

However, for the Korotkoff sounds to be recognized they have to be of a certain audible pattern (in the same sort of way that -for instance, you could recognize a man’s shout from a woman’s scream.. Or a dog’s yelp.) – The analyzing filters forming the electronic devices inside the monitor must be able to distinguish these.
Usually they can, but under certain conditions the way the blood stops flowing and starts again as the cuff is pressurized and then deflated, the noises themselves are too indistinct for the machine to register.
That’s all it is. There’s not much wrong with the machine, but obviously there are cheap ones and expensive ones.. Presumably the cheap ones don’t work as well (but knowing manufacturers and the medical industry, don’t bet on it! – Where there’s $$’s to be made, be sure they’ll make them !)

Better by far to get hold of a used stethoscope and use it yourself to listen to the sounds yourself. It’s really very simple, although every possible obstacle will be put in your way to prevent you “learning the tricks of the Trade” .. But honestly, -it’s a doddle, and you”ll learn it v. Quickly.
If it’s any comfort to you, my wife gets an error message 9 times out of 10 with an Omron, but it always registers mine very happily. So she’s taken to using a wrist-monitor instead and gets along fine with it. I calibrate it for her with a proper sphygmo and there’s no problem

PS The size of the cuff has absolutely nowt to do with it.. Please don’t waste your money on buying another one. Why? Well, – if you did, you’d get the same number of error-messages, but worse still you’d find that the readings you DID succeed in getting on the machine with the two different cuffs wouldn’t agree with each other! That’s why.

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Hey.. I’m about to purchase this blood pressure on Ebay for 34 bucks.. I have a blood pressure of 160/111. And a pulse rate of 111.. I checked it on walmart, and I was stunned. Hopefully by having this blood pressure monitor, I can check it everyday and think of ways to lower my blood pressure.. You can check the reviews on amazon, and on ebay.. Most people rated it 5 stars.
Good Luck!!!

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You seem to have quite a few symptoms of being anemic so i would go get a blood test to see if you are it will involve taking iron tablets to stop the deficiency so it’s nothing to worry about. Make sure you’re eating properly as that can give you those symptoms too. Permanently low blood pressure can also just mean you are fit – anyone who exercises a lot will have naturally low blood pressure as your heart odesn’t have to pump the blood around as much at rest compared to when youre exercising x

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If you are an adult, your blood pressure is not low. It might be considered in the range of low normal, which often happens if you are an athlete, or perhaps you had not had much fluid that day and so your blood volume was diminished.

Think of your heart as a pump, that circulates fluid (blood). When the pump squishes out the fluid, that is the first number, the systolic, and shows the highest pressure that is in the system (your body) at the time.

The lower number, is called the diastolic, and it represents the lowest pressure that remains in the system. It is when the heart is not pumping out, but pulling in.

YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) CHANGES ALL THE TIME. Therefor you SHOULD expect to get different readings most of the time. It is the range that matters.

The changing pressures are like this example. How much effort do you need to push the pedals on a bike to do different things? If you are going up hill, you need to push hard (your BP would also go up trying to pump more blood faster to your muscles and lungs) If you were just sitting on the seat, coasting, you would not need to push at all.

Many things make your heart pump faster and harder, pain, exertion, temperature…and this makes your BP go up.

Other things make the blood pumped from your heart less, dehydration, blood loss, a diseased heart, open valves…and this makes the BP go down.

Your pulse pressure is a little narrow, but this might be due to being dehydrated..or other reasons.

EVERYONE should know what their B/P runs (the range), and taking it in the stores is a good way to keep track of it. (The machines even in the hospital may not be calibrated correctly…but in general, if you are not too small or too large for the machine, you should see a reading that will give you some information you can use.)

In fact, everyone should keep their own folder on themselves, and keep copies of test results, days you visited the doctor, why you visited, any medications you got, how you reacted to them. Any allergies you have. What medications you are on, why, how much, how often. You should track your B/P there and other lab results like cholesterol and blood sugar. Sure you might scare yourself a little, and cause doctors and nurses to have to explain more than they would normal. But you will slowly learn, and you are your best advocate.

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The answer is in eating good food, not some chemically-filled TV promoted rubbish.

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Quit smoking, cut the salt and black pepper, eat oatmeal with cinnamon, walk if you are able.

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92 is your Systolic #, the amount of pressure in your arteries when you left ventricle contracts, forcing blood into you system. The second number, 58 is the pressure in your circulatory system when your ventricles are refilling. Blood pressure changes throughout the day and 98/58 would only be considered mildly low. More questions, consult your Dr

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Wrist monitors are not recommended for a high degree of accuracy. If you want a general ideal, they will suffice, however if you want accurate data for a medical condition, you really need to invest in an around the arm type.

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Continuous monitoring of blood pressure will require cannula insertion into an artery. This is done only in an intensive care set up or in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory during procedures.
Intermittent blood pressure monitoring is feasible with ambulatory blood pressure monitors, which can be worn for 24 hours. This is non-invasive and does not need insertion of a cannula.

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It depends it is very important to follow the directions on your wrist cuff to get the most accurate reading…like make sure you have it on the correct arm if one is designated and make sure you are not talking or moving very much while it is taking your bp…however white coat hypertension is a very common phenomenon

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Your blood pressure is a little high compared to “normal” values of 120/80. However, everybody is different and so for you, your normal value might be 145/101. But this is definetly high, you would be classified as a stage 2 hypertensive patient. I’d suggest you take a log of your blood pressure for the rest of the week and see how much it fluctuates.

As for testing your blood pressure…
Wrist monitors are generally less accurate and known to make lots of mistakes. Make sure when you’re using your monitor that your wrist is at the same level as your heart. You can rest it on a table or something else that brings it up to the same level. Try testing your blood pressure first thing in the morning as this is the best time to do it – why? Because it eliminates other factors that can affect your blood pressure that may happen throughout the day. So if you’ve eaten recently, drank coffee/alcohol/pop recently, stressed/excited/sad/angry over something then it can affect your blood pressure….even if you’ve been sitting quietly in your chair for the last 15 minutes.
Your pulse rate is a little high too, keep that monitored as well. If by the end of the week your blood pressure is relatively the same…then you could talk to your dr. About it. There are risks with having high blood pressure such as heart attacks and strokes…especially since you smoke and drink.
You can try to reduce salt content in your diet (ie: eat out less, or even try asking restaurants not to salt your fries) and exercise. If you’re overweight then losing weight will help.

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The closest one I could find in the price range you want is at the link below, it is $21.99. I will also provide another link that will show you all the different kinds and prices, etc.

Click these links for the $21.99 model (the first link) and the other link is for the other kinds and prices, etc.

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Try packing the bong away for a while…

… Sorry about your mother

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If you are worried about it, go to your doctor and ahve them check your blood pressure. The machine at Wal-Mart is not quite accurate. Besides, you have to understand systolic and diastolic pressure. Maybe you were in a hurry or walking fast and that’s why your systolic number was slightly above the “normal” number. I put “normal” because the number varies. Also, there are many factors contributing to high blood pressure (or hypertension). Unless there is hypertension history in your family, you should not worry much about it.

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At your age, if you adopt a healthy lifestyle, you may eliminate your high blood pressure. There is not one drink that will eliminate high blood pressure but rather you must eliminate food groups that can contribute to your problem. You need to eliminate eating hamburgers, french fries, barbecued ribs, pizza with a lot of cheese. You will need to eat chicken(not fried), fish, vegetables and fruits. You can have banana milk shakes with skim milk and no ice cream. Eat less salt and use spices instead. Don’t drink pop because it has too much sugar and it causes weight gain. Exercise daily 30 minutes like walking or bicycling. Also, see a doctor and he will have recommendations. Don’t sit a lot watching T.V. Or playing video games but instead move around. Buy a pedometer( it’s a device that counts steps you take and calories you burn) and try to increase your steps every day. If your family has high blood pressure then purchase a blood pressure monitor also. You could monitor your blood pressure daily and with change in your diet and exercise you could see within weeks or even days, your blood pressure could drop. Your whole family might want to see a dietician in a hospital near you who could help in planning good nutritious and healthy meals. I think that it’s great that you are starting early in your life to become healthy.

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I have a heart condition and took this during my last pregnancy adn this pregnancy. For me though I have to take ACE inhibitors when not pregnant. Thsi time it’s way too much and this is mylast pregnancy. I also take Aldomet for the blood pressure. It’s a bit odd though that she took it only one time and then prescribed it. Check it yourself at home. Yu can get a blood pressure cuff forlike 20 at a pharmacy, like walgreens or cvs. Check it at random times. You should be aiming fr 120/80. Lay on your left side and when you’re resting. Hope this helps.

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Sounds to me like he possibly had a stroke of some kind. Does this person have a history of heart problems or high blood pressure? There are different kinds of strokes, but most are associated with high blood pressure. If a person has a stroke it can cause problems with movement on one side of the body, it can affect the arms, legs, and ability to speak. You may also notice facial drooping on one side, but depending on how serious the stroke was depends on if damage is permanent or not (there are small strokes called T.I.A a.k.a as mini strokes, and big strokes called CVA that can cause more damage). However this is just a theory of mine of what could have happened, considering there could be other precipitating factors involved that I may not be aware of, but if anything I hope your wife’s father gets well.

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My blood pressure during pregnancies, including my current one sits around 110/60. Any drop and i’m struggling. But as the pregnancies progress, after 28 weeks, my blood pressure increases to around 130/80. So sits between 110/60 – 130/80. But i do feel when it’s on the lower side. A couple of glasses of water, some sugar (peppermint, juice, dry biscuit etc) and a short rest and i’m feeling better. Water helps increase by BP slightly.

Your uterus is getting larger and will start putting pressure on your diaphragm, making it uncomfortable to breathe at times and leave you breathless. Your lungs will also be slightly squished.
Your heart beating faster/feels like it is can also be normal. Just remember, your heart and lungs are working overtime during pregnancy, your blood volume is massive compared to normal and those two organs are working to oxygenate and make it flow around the body and to the baby. Your heart takes a fair amount of pressure and workload during pregnancy.

Just because you are peeing constantly does not mean you are well hydrated. You pee to get rid of waste. You should keep water on you at all times and drink throughout the day/night. Keep yourself well hydrated.

You need to talk to your doctor about this. Thirsty is also a sign of other things eg. Diabetes. Does not mean this is a must have, you can be thirsty as your body is working in overdrive, but thirst is a sign of diabetes which you will be tested for soon.

Discuss this with your doctor and ask for suggestions on how to deal with the symptoms.
We all have certain things that help us.

My dizziness etc was always affected by BP and Sugar. Both being low. So i would increase fluids, eat natural sugars, carbohydrates etc to raise my sugar at an appropriate rate and to maintain the sugar.

Good Luck.

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Your blood pressure will be over concern if it constantly stays below 100/60 or above 140/90. Remembering many things affect blood pressure so a once off reading is not an “alarm”, it will need to be a regular/constant thing to be of an “alarm”. If worried, your bp will be monitored at least weekly if not more if doctor concerned.

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LISTEN TO ME!!!!! I have the same issue. When you are resting, lay on your LEFT side at all times and make sure you drink plenty of water and stay away from salt. When you lay on your left side it helps with circulation and for some reason lowers blood pressure. I am 35 weeks along and just stopped working.

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At my last appointment, my blood pressure was only 100/50 – I know how you feel. Unfortunately, 106/60 isn’t quite so low that it warrants any medical intervention. All you can do is try to limit your physical activity, because while your BP may rise during exercise it drops immediately afterward. There isn’t much they can do for low BP, and in pregnancy a low BP is preferable to a high one.

When you feel really bad, eat something. Protein and salt is best to bring up your BP. Also drink as much as you possibly can and lift your legs when you sit. At night, lift your legs when you lie down (stick some pillows under your feet). When you start to feel dizzy or sick, sit down and take a few deep breaths. Get something to eat (hard as it may be… That kind of nausea makes it hard to eat, I know) and drink. Give your body a few minutes to ‘digest’ the food before you get up again.

Don’t get up too fast from a sitting/lying down position and take only lukewarm baths and showers. The heat from a bath/shower will lower your BP even further.

You can go for a second opinion, but odds are the doctor will tell you exactly the same thing as your current doctor. I’ve had low BP with both my pregnancies and different doctors for each. With this pregnancy, I’ve been seeing two different doctors (same practice) and they all told me the same thing… Eat something and have a drink.

Good luck. I hope you feel better soon.

** ETA: I agree with the other ladies… You may want to get your iron checked, as low iron (anemia) can make you feel pretty rotten.

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Immediately consult ur gyno as it can hurt the baby, hurry up

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Hi, I had issues with this but was `just`under the line and had to watch my intake carefully. I did feel weak and dizzy sometimes and made sure to have my little snack right away. You may want to take a look at 5-6 mini meals a day for now rather than the 3 regular ones we normally eat.
Protein seemed to help me as well. Try to up that intake a bit. Also, watch your carbs as they turn to sugars in the body. Yogurt is really good for you, small handful of nuts 1 TBS or some hard cheeses 1 oz.
Ask your dr. About the contractions, some are normal, body getting ready while growing. But, ask to be certain.
Best of luck!

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The standard for a normal blood pressure reading is 120/80. I wouldn’t be too concerned about your reading, the doctor was probably just noting that your systolic pressure (the top number) was a little above average. However, blood pressure can fluctuate throughout the day and over longer periods of time. Even if you consistently have a BP of about 130/82, you may still be totally healthy. I’ve seen plenty of young, healthy people with BPs around that.

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Ive had it since my first appointment at 14 weeks…ive been going in every 2 weeks since then. They are still trying to figure out if its a previous problem or early signs of preeclampsia.

Did she order for a 24 hour urine test?? I am now about to take my second 24 hour urine test to see if i am developing preeclampsia early myself. They say preeclampsia usually doesn’t show until around 32 weeks, but although its rare but some can get it before they reach those 32weeks.

She will probably keep a close eye on you for a while to make sure that it is consecutive and not easing up before they start medication. Good luck

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It means step by step anxiety is reducing, ans it is normal with anxiety.

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I suggest you read the article “Alert anxiety to hypertension influence”,just from:http://hypertensionblog.info/alert-anxiety-hypertension-influence.html

Experts said that hypertension is a common mental and physical illness, psychological problems of physical and mental illnesses caused by physical illness. The incidence of hypertension is divided into three phases: early, mid and late. But no matter in which a period of hypertension, the patient will have a different psychological reflection. For example, the first phase of hypertension in patients with blood pressure fluctuations in mood will, manifested as irritability, angry love, fear of illness, anxiety, frequent headaches, dizziness, uncomfortable.

If patients with hypertension, although long-term medication by law, but has been no decline in blood pressure, while there is a serious sleep problems, irritability and other emotional phenomena, psychology departments should be timely to check to see if people with mental illness.

Experts suggest that hypertensive patients should keep a good attitude and must not get too excited about the disease, life must have rules, the most important is to ensure the quality of sleep. In addition, appropriate exercise can prevent and alleviate high blood pressure in patients with mental illness.

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I was worried about the same thing. I used to have a higher number like 147/80 blood pressure and flew for I guess it was 13 hours overseas, so with layovers included about 25 hours altogether. I wasn’t on medication either. I was around 27 weeks pregnant and was sooo worried. But, everything turned out fine and I didn’t have any complications whatsoever. I’m sure you will be just fine. Good luck!

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This product listed at amazon seems to be the one which you could use – Omron HEM-790IT Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor with Advanced Omron Health Management Software

http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HEM-790IT-Automatic-Pressure-Management/dp/B000O58QM0

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You can buy a BP monitor such as an Omron at a Chemist or Pharmacist. They cost about $150.00.

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There is the bulb that they pump the air with, there is the gauge where they look at the numbers and then there is the cuff itself.

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I personally have the Omron Intelli sense. I got it at Sears. Its a real good model and use it everyday. I check it before I see my doctor and it runs the same as what he gets. I feel very good about it. It plugs in or battery which ever so you can travel with it. Good luck has done wonders for me keeping things in check

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You can buy cheap Polar Heart Rate Monitor Watch and Blood Pressure Monitor from below link
Microlife Blood Pressure

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Microlife%20Blood%20Pressure&tag=cagm-20&index=hpc&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

Polar Heart Rate Monitor Watch

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Polar%20Heart%20Rate%20Monitor%20Watch&tag=cagm-20&index=hpc&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

Omron Blood Pressure

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Omron%20Blood%20Pressure&tag=cagm-20&index=hpc&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

hope this help, good luck

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The heart perfuses — pushes blood — to the kidneys. If the heart is not working well, the kidneys (and other organs) suffer. No-one normal and healthy gets bypass surgery.
Kidney failure can happen after such a surgery. It depends on how high the creatinine is. If not too bad, waiting and IV fluids will help fix it. If it gets severe, then they may need dialysis. Sometimes dialysis only for a short period, sometimes needing permanent dialysis.
The person’s MD’s will have a good idea of what they want to do — have the patient ask them and then tell you.
I hope your friend/loved one does ok. That’s a big surgery.

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A fatal blood pressure can be different for each person. My father nearly died, his has been 60/40, but in the hospital it was 43/23, they didn’t expect him to make it. He did tho. It just depends on what is wrong with you, how strong your body is, how strong your heart is, and what doctor is treating you. 44/26 is very serious, so if not treated immediately, it could have been fatal.

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Well I am not a cardiologist but an internal medicine physician. I can tell you that the low heart rate and bp most probably are related to medication rather than a blockage. Still he is granted a stress test since he has the history of bypass. The stress test will show if there are blockages in certain areas of the heart using nuclear medicine with the stress test. He should follow up with the cardiologist as appointed for the stress test and to continue adjusting his medications. Hope your father gets better.

Edit: To prevent confusion after reading answers, the medication your father must be being titrated from could not have been digoxin, it had to be a Beta blocker (such as metoprolol/propranolol/carvedilol/ ismolol,etc.)

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Are you taking any pain medicine after your surgery? That could lower your blood pressure.
If you were having hypertension, high blood pressure, (which could have been high from pain from your surgery) you could have become volume depleted (less blood than normal in your veins and arteries) then when the pain got more under control your body went back to more normal, but there was less blood in your vascular system, so your pressure is lower.
I would assume you have had follow up visits with your surgeon, bring your concerns to him/her, not random strangers on the internet who know nothing about you.

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Pneumonia is my only conclusion (fluid in the lungs).The doctors are indeed concerned,the xrays they took need to be re examined,something just does not sound right.I know your mom is nervous,but she needs to be stern and to the point and get all answers she is questioning.Are they having him lay on his side at all? Does he have an appetite?