Any other seniors having trouble finding a blood pressure medication?
Biggest problem with prescriptions is there are always strange side effects. You almost have to take something else to cope with those things. I hated it when the doctor put me on Lisinopril, my blood pressure had always been around 114/64, but then it began raising little by little. I didn't realize that coughing was a side effect of Lisinopril. I've had a cough for months now, but thought it was be from the heart operation. Now I wonder. The doctor also put me on Simvastatin, but while it does lower the bad cholesterol, it doesn't really raise the good. I started taking a natural phyto product and it has raised my good cholesterol as well as helped the Simvastatin drop my bad to the point where I've been able to reduce the presription medication. Perhaps you could look into one of the natural products to help your blood pressure and be able to reduce the amount of any prescription medication to a level where it doesn't give you problems.
Is 102/62 blood pressure normal?
How do you know when blood pressure is "too low"? Today I checked my blood pressure in Wal-Mart and it was 102 over 62. One time when I was in the hosptial my distolic bp was 32 I believe. Is this just naturally low bp? I am not on medicines. When is bp "too low" or is that not an issue? I know high bp is dangerous but is low bp dangerous? Thanks. I'm not too worried just curious more. I also get dizzy when I stand up sometimes or when I go from laying down to sitting up.
My Blood pressure is 152/64 at the age of 18 is this normal?
Systolic and a diastolic reading are the measurements of blood pressure. The systolic and diastolic readings are taken at opposite ends of the cardiac cycle and are a person’s highest and lowest blood pressure levels. These two extreme differences are called the pulse pressure, and represent the force that your heart generates each time it contracts. In a person systolic blood pressure is 120 mmHg and diastolic pressure is 80 mmHg, the pulse pressure would be 40 mmHg. Research suggests that an elevated pulse pressure may be a strong predictor of heart problems, especially for older adults. Generally, a pulse pressure greater than 60 mm Hg is abnormal or wide pulse pressure is greater than 50% of the systolic blood pressure. Pulse pressure in healthy adults in sitting position is about 40 mmHg. The pulse pressure increases with exercise due to increased stroke volume, healthy values being up to pulse pressures of about 100 mmHg, in healthy individuals the pulse pressure will typically return to normal within about 10 minutes. During exercise, the systolic pressure progressively increases while the diastolic remains about the same in most of individuals. In some athletes, the diastolic will progressively fall as the systolic increases. If the pulse pressure is genuinely low than 25 mmHg, the reason may be low stroke volume, as in Congestive Heart Failure and/or shock, a serious issue. Common cause of wide pulse pressure: (1) Anxiety; anxiety and adrenalin certainly wide pulse pressure, due to increase the cardiac output. Most common cause in your age. (2) Atherosclerosis (3) Chronic aortic regurgitation (4) Thyrotoxicosis (5) Fever (6) Anaemia (7) Pregnancy (8) Patent ductus arteriosus (9) Heart block (10) Aortic dissection (11) Endocarditis (12) Raised intracranial pressure There are many others cause. Anxiety doesn't cause long-term high blood pressure (hypertension). But episodes of anxiety can cause dramatic, temporary spikes in your blood pressure. Some medications to treat anxiety, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), also can increase your blood pressure. Now my well wishes for you: (1) Take regular blood pressure, better by own self. (2) If you found the same visit a cardiologist or (3) You can visit now and learn more about heart health in the age 19. I think it’s better to evaluate.
Blood sugar over 300 and won't go down?
First of all you need meds. Follow the steps below: There are 4 key steps to controlling glucose levels. Here are the 4 keys: 1) Knowledge- http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.ph… This is a great site for info 2) Meds. Metformin to start. Never , ever take Actos or Avandia. They may kill you. Bone fractures, heart problems and what diabetics really don't need is that they change Bone Stem Cells to Fat Cells. 3)diet- A low carb diet is in order. I can't count carbs so I use Mendosa's Glycemic Index Diet. Great for the whole family. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm 4) EXERCISE- Walking is fine but Nordic Walking is Great. Exercise also lowers Glucose levels , lowers Cholesterol and lowers Blood Pressure. Google it. Metformin and Glimepride shoul do the trick Good luck Tin
High blood pressure? Cause for concern?
So I've been bugging my dad all day to let me use his blood pressure monitor, which he gave to me about 15 minutes ago (this was when I just got home after going out for dinner with friends). I was shocked when I saw the results: 151/86. I'd like to think I'm pretty healthy (5'7, 160-ish lbs). I lift weights 2-3X per week and I run ~2X per week. I also try my best to eat clean and healthy food (although tonight I had a veggie wrap with fries. I was wondering whether my bp results may be skewed because of the meal I just had (especially the fries) or whether this is actually cause for concern?
Living with my dad, who molested me when I was early teens on three occasion. I need help.?
Thank you for your comments. I live in the UK and it happened when i was a teenager about 14. am now 21 and i still can't get over it. The memories are just...very hard. I really really don't know what to do. I want kids in the future and I want my parents to have nothing, absolutely nothing to do with my children. Thank you for saying that, I'd blamed myself for a LONG time now.
What does a heart attack feel like?
I had a major heart attack in 2014, and here is my story:I woke up not feeling well - I couldn’t explain it… I just didn’t feel well.Around 9am, my mother and father stopped by; they had gone to the stations of the cross at the church right down the road. I began feeling a pain in my right arm, but I tried to ignore it. My mother looked at me and said that I didn’t look well, but I told her I was fine, so her and my father left.So, it was just me and my 23 year old son. He saw me rubbing my arm and asked me what was wrong. I told him I wasn’t sure - that it was like a pressure pain that was moving up my arm. He said it sounded like a heart attack, and I laughed because I thought that I was too young for a heart attack. In 2014 I was going to be 43, I believe.Anyhow, I told him that I was going to take a hot shower and put the water on my arm but that I was going to leave the door open in case I needed him to call someone. I got in the shower. At that point, the pain was in my upper arm and neck. I stood under the hot water and aimed on my neck, but it did not help. I was uncomfortable, but I managed to get out and get dressed.I then told my son that maybe a nap would make me feel better, but after just two minutes of lying down, I was too uncomfortable to bear it. I thought that I would do a breathing treatment to make myself feel better. To this day, I still wonder why in the world I thought that a breathing treatment would be effective even though I was breathing just fine and the pain was in my arm and neck.Anyway, I took out my nebulizer and albuterol and started the machine. I took one deep breath and the pain shot up from about a 5 to past a 10. I cried for my son to call 911.I made it to the local hospital, and they performed many tests and gave by nitro glycerin four times. They then stabilized me so that I could fly in the Flight for Life helicopter into the city for emergency surgery. In the city, I had a stent put in. That night, the nurse accidentally opened up my surgical site and blood splattered everywhere, making me lose so much blood that I needed two transfusions.I was told that I was lucky to be alive, and that I should have come in to the hospital when I first felt the pain in my arm and neck, and that that would have saved me a lot of trouble. I also suffered a mild brain injury because I didn’t have enough oxygen going to my head.