Diastolic Puns

Like the title. She's had a GI work up in the hospital that could not explain it. I'm wondering if it eliquis her direct or a medication but I'm not sure. Docs aren't real helpful...

Hi!

I am 28years old male. My BB is about 115-130/80-90. And I need to lower especially my diastolic BB. Any ideas/advice to that? And I also think should I think meds?

26F, 5’3”, 115lbs, white/Hispanic

Prior medical history: tentative lichen sclerosus diagnosis (no biopsy), psoriasis of scalp, broke both arms at different ages, liver laceration at 13 (non surgical)

Surgical history: eye surgery at 5, unilateral salpingectomy at 21 (surgeon noted prolific abdominal adhesions)

Medications: clobetasol ointment .05%, mometasone furate .1(?)%, eucrisol. All “as needed”, used very sparingly

For many years sometimes I have gotten lightheaded when standing, but quickly recovered and wasn’t worried about it. Recently, it has been happening much more often and I feel like I’m not recovering quickly anymore. Typically, my systolic BP has always been in the 90s-100s

My girlfriend is a nurse and we decided to manually check my BP. I used a pulse ox to measure the pulse. After lying down for 5 minutes, first BP was 86/28. I was very skeptical, but she looked extremely concerned and insisted that was what she heard. Sat up and ran the BP at 80 something/50something. Upon standing, it was high 80’s/70’s. HR laying down: 60s HR sitting: 90s HR standing: 120s for several minutes before regulating

O2% remained in the high 90s.

Upon standing, I have prolonged lightheadedness, vision goes a bit, my legs feel tingly and weak, I feel like I have a hard time catching my breath, and occasionally the left side of my chest has pangs. The lightheadedness/tingly legs/and breath issue can last hours.

I’ve been trying to drink more water to bring my blood pressure up. I primarily drink water, but it just occurred to me I’m not usually thirsty and drink less than a 500mL bottle a day.

My question: I don’t have health insurance nor do I have a PCP. I start medical school in august. Is this something that can wait until I have the school insurance? Do I need to see a physician more urgently?

Thank you.

So I've been on beta blockers (12.5 mg atenalol every morning) for a few months now, but recently I've been logging my BP as requested by my cardiologist because I have an appointment coming up. Before the medication, my BP was maybe 120/85, then it went down to about 110/70 right after I started taking it. Lately though, it's been 110/60 or just below 60. I've been tired, more dizzy and foggy, and I've had shortness of breath and more instances of palpitations.

I've also been bad about hydrating because making these electrolyte drinks isn't super executive function friendly, and I'm wondering if that could be causing it? I'm wanting to figure out if it's my fault before I have my appointment, so my Dr. can be sure if it's something to worry about or just me not paying attention.

I was under the impression that Diastolic BP was due to Systemic vascular resistance; and Systolic blood pressure was due to Stroke Volume.

Thus Arteriolar constriction should lead to Increase Diastolic BP, and Venous constriction should lead to increased Preload which should in turn lead to Increased SV and Systolic BP.

I used to have high systolic and low diastolic about a year ago, it was around 140/70, right now I've decided to check up on my health properly. I started to measure my bp again, and now it is around 125/50. I Know that the diastolic number is very low. I have an appointment with a cardiologist next week. But have any of you experienced such low diastolic measurement? I don't feel dizzy and I almost never get headaches.

I am 22 year old male and in a good overall physical shape.

Why there's a volume of blood that remains in the ventricles after systole? Does it have a certain function? Wouldn't it be better if all of the blood in the ventricles was evacuated?

For 2 months my blood pressure has been normal. Today I took it at 2pm and it was 110/79. Was getting ready for bed and felt hot so I took it again. It was 121/100! Like seriously how can this happen. I haven’t had a single hypertension reading in over 2 months or longer and it’s now insanely high but my systolic is fine.

Hello hello,

I am a 29-year old female whose blood pressure has always been relatively low. What slightly worries me - as I age and start looking into things like blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, etc., a bit more - is that my diastolic BP is consistently below 60 mm Hg. My pulse pressure is also pretty wide - it's not unusual for it to be 60-65. Say, my BP at my GP yesterday was 120/54.

My weight is average, I exercise 7-10 times a week (as my part-time work is related to staying physically active, i.e., I work as an indoor cycling instructor), I mostly eat pretty healthy, though like sweets and treat myself to a biscuit or two pretty much every day. I am vegetarian, but 80% of what I eat or so is vegan (so not a hard core cheese or egg eater in the slightest).

Heart failure does not necessarily run in my family. Actually, hypertension does.

I do know that 'chronic' healthy low blood pressure is also a thing and that I shouldn't worry since I feel fine, I'm active, have a lot of energy, and am also young. Still, I wonder what everyone's thoughts are.

PS: I fast intermittently, but always used to have low BP, not only since I started fasting (15-16 hours on most days).

Thanks in advance! :)

I had a recent echocardiogram that came back with some alarming results. I have grade 2 diastolic dysfunction, a severely dilated left atrium, mild mitral valve regurgitation and redundant elongated chordae.

My LV EF is 62 percent LV systolic function is normal

I'm really freaking out here because I'm only 24 years old and shouldn't have this severe of an issue with my heart at this age.

I'm looking for advice or any comforting information about my condition. Am i just gonna drop dead in a few years or what? My blood pressure is 122/86 which is a bit high and I'm overweight. I've had a heart murmur since I was a child as well.

Can people with this ailment live long and happy lives with the right treatment and life style changes?

I'll be speaking with my cardiologist on Friday to get a more in depth consult. But, until then I really need some info to ease my mind. The thought of dying this early scares the absolute hell out of me.

At my last visit to the doctor my BP was 98/50 with a 65bpm pulse. I know my systolic reading is fine, but I'm wondering if my diastolic reading is too low? And if so, should I be worried?

I am 26F, underweight, but very physically active. I have two blood clotting disorders that cause hypercoagulation.

TL;DR: basically the title. Anyone here have diastolic heart failure along with/associated with their SSc? How is it being treated if so?

So as not to double post - while I'm here thought I'd also ask if anyone here has anemia related to their SSc, if so what is the "mechanism" so to speak?

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Greetings all. It's been a rough year, to put it mildly. I'm new to this disease and many other things as well. It has all collectively taken me to my knees. I got double (now triple) "whammied" and more hits keep coming, I don't know what is related to the SSc or separate basically, I'm so confused and lost.

• I was diagnosed with bulbar myasthenia gravis in July. (I can't find a connection for it w SSc but I don' t know, will ask neuro at follow up next week, as it was diagnosed 2 months before the SSc)
• Diagnosed with "systemic sclerosis" in Sept (in quotations bc it was the rheumatologists' term, he didn't use the word scleroderma for whatever reason).
• I have anemia. Hemoglobin was down to 8 a few weeks ago, I had iron infusions and it went up to 12 briefly, but last week my CBC showed it's going down again, now 10. They don't know the cause yet, might get hematology referral or it could be GI related, see next bullet point lol). I'm a female but have no uterus so it's not bleeding from there).
• I have had lower GI issues (significant pain) since January and have had nothing but bad experiences with GI docs until last month - I finally have a good one and hopefully he'll figure it out ASAP, it's killing me (I think it has to be small intestine, my colon and upper gastric areas are fine. Pill cam soon. Wonder if this could be related to anemia, no idea yet...).
• Last week I was diagnosed with diagnostic heart failure after a right heart catheterization - I have NONE of the "typical" risk factors for it. (workup was due to worsening symptoms of severe fatigue, shortness of breath, inability to do much of anything and so bad now I can't drive). I have NONE of the "usual suspect" causes. It's typically a disease seen in very elderly women with already existing coronary heart disease. That's not me. I'm 50, no coronary artery disease, perfect lipids, low BMI, no diabetes, etc.

I meet with the cardiologist next week for a plan going forward. I'm wondering if SSc could be the cause of this bc I sure as heck have no idea what else could be causing this - if so what role would my rheumatologist play here? Or would it just be

My bp is usually 90/60, but after eating it goes to 120/40. I have been having lots of dizzy spells and headaches.

Yes, I eat enough salt and drink enough water.

Advice?

Does anyone else experience diastolic blood pressure go up with exertion? I’m curious if hypoxia is what is causing this mechanism.

I’m pretty steady at 120/80 during the day but when I’m going to bed, I fall asleep but quickly wake up to my body feeling like it’s pulsing (like after a run when you can feel your pulse all over). I take my BP and it’s usually around 120/90-91. Is this dangerous? I have an appointment but not until next week.

My systolic is usually anywhere between 115-140, more commonly 125 is. My diastolic though is usually 89-93 ish. Is it safe for me to fly?

Can this be reversed, or improved? have another echo tommorow. Three months after this one diagnosed with this made a lot of lifestyle changes.

I'm interested in people's experiences of increases in diastolic (the lower number) pressure with anxiety. Whenever I take my blood pressure when anxious, both numbers increase and the diastolic takes longer to come back down as I calm down than the systolic does. Does anyone else have this experience?

What is more More dangerous, a high systolic or a high Diastolic. Still not sure about this, sorry if its a stupid question .

So, I am 25 year old male. Software engineer by profession. And work is often stressful but I do enjoy it. Bad sleeping routine. Sleep like 5-6 hours in a 24 hour period. Both parents have high blood pressure. So this year I had covid which was not very serious. Recovered on my own. And ever since Covid pandemic, been working from home. So hardly any movement or exercise. I'm mildly overweight but not obese. I smoke like 1-2 cigars per week. Which I have stopped recently. Maybe like 2 weeks. I recently bought a treadmill and I jog like 3-4 km per day. Again for like 2 weeks. So, I have had some uncomfortable feelings in my neck for maybe a year. I always attributed it to working long hours on my desk sitting and looking at computer screen. I am in my computer like 12 hours a day. So I got a BP reading once before I had covid which was fine like 110/75. But one week ago I checked my BP again because I was having some uncomfortable sensation in my neck. And I got 110/95. I thought it is an isolated incident. So checked 2 days later and it was 120/90. Checked again yesterday after just waking up and it was 120/90. And today also 120/90. And I don't feel any discomfort in my body with this blood pressure. I don't really want to see a doc and get started on medicine yet. So is there anything I should try before seeing a doc? Tl;dr 25 year old male, 120/90 blood pressure. And it is always diastolic that is high. Systolic is always normal.

I was under the assumption that:

Systolic = compliant ventricle

Diastolic = stiff ventricle

Why would hypertension lead to systolic failure if hypertension results in a thickened ventricle = increase in afterload = less filling of blood?

If I sit down, take my blood pressure, then take it again 5/10/15 minutes later (without standing or moving), my systolic blood pressure always goes down, but my diastolic blood pressure often goes up 3-5 points. I thought the entire point of sitting and resting was to bring BP down. How can this be possible?

Hi I'm 19, recently went to the doctor's. They told me my diastolic BP is quite high (92). I'm really active and healthy overall. I have done blood tests and they found nothing. Is it all just anxiety? (I have never been diagnosed, but I have regular anxiety attacks and I don't have money for a specialist). English isn't my first language, and thank you for responses.

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Hello docs,

I am a 29-year old female whose blood pressure has always been relatively low. What slightly worries me - as I age and start looking into things like blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, etc., a bit more - is that my diastolic BP is consistently below 60 mm Hg. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen my diastolic BP >60 (my average BP is along the lines of 95/55 or so). My pulse pressure is also pretty wide - it's not unusual for it to be 50-60. Say, my BP at my GP yesterday was 120/54.

My weight is average, I exercise 7-10 times a week on a normal week (as my part-time work is related to staying physically active, i.e., I work as an indoor cycling instructor), I mostly eat pretty healthy, though like sweets and treat myself to a biscuit or two pretty much every day. I am vegetarian, but 80% of what I eat or so is vegan (so not a hard core cheese or egg eater in the slightest). I fast intermittently, but always used to have low BP, not only since I started fasting (15-16 hours on most days). My heart rate at rest is around 60, but goes up very quickly with exercise (perhaps a bit too quickly given how much exercise I typically get in).

Heart failure does not necessarily run in my family. Actually, hypertension does.

I do know that 'chronic' healthy low blood pressure is also a thing and that I shouldn't worry since I feel fine, I'm active, have a lot of energy, and am also young. Still, I wonder what everyone's thoughts are.

Thanks in advance! :)

21M, No existing conditions, No current medications