Reading the guidelines, it's always said to be 2300mg of sodium.
But table salt it also chloride, so is it right to say that you could in theory consume 5-6 grams of talbe salt per day?
(I'm not considering other sodium sources because this is only a math problem)
A friend in London was forced to go to the Emergency Department to get an LP when her headache got out of control. While she was there, they told her about this new type of IH that is associated directly to Covid. She had Covid last year before vaccines were readily available. I know I’ve seen at least one person that got IH after they had Covid, and thought this info might be of interest to anyone who’s had it. The link is from the National Institute of Health, so hopefully a reliable source.
About me is that im 19F and weighing 150 pounds, since Im very tall Im considered skinny. I also barely eat sodium and feel lightheaded when I stand up sometimes. I also have bad anxiety. Today I checked my blood pressure for the first time while I was panicking because I was scared to see it. My readings were 149/105, I started to freak out more. Afterwards I spends a lot of time trying to calm myself down but it was barely working. I checked again with some anxiety and it went to 136/91. Later on I tried distracting myself with my phone and my blood pressure went to 125/82 and I felt pretty well. But 5 min later I checked again and it went back to 136. Im scared to check my blood pressure and every time I do my heart rate goes to 130-150 because it freaks me out so much. Would u guys consider it hypertension or do I just have health anxiety?
I'm 24 and I don't drink or smoke. I run almost every single day. I am blown away that I am suffering from this. One microaneurysym on the macula later. What could I possibly be doing wrong.
Anyone have a similar experience? At times I can measure below 120/80, but more than not I am above that. I had some lymph nodes and muscle tissue removed from my neck and shoulder after chemo and radio therapy. Maybe it’s caused by the surgery?
Hey folks. I’m pregnant for the first time and have never experienced high blood pressure before being pregnant. My BP has been all over the place during my pregnancy. In my first trimester it was high for 3 prenatal visits in a row and then read as normal for several more visits and now it’s high for about half my visits. My clinic diagnosed me with “chronic hypertension” and I’ve now been deemed a high risk pregnancy. I’m really struggling with this for some reason. I’m 23 weeks along now and my midwife today asked me how I felt about meeting solely with an OB for the remainder of my pregnancy. Something about this suggestion really bothered me and then after I left my appointment I went down a google spiral looking at the risks associated with high BP. For those who were diagnosed with this, how did you manage it? If you’ve already given birth, did you have to have a c-section, did you go into preterm labor? How did you deal with this on a personal level? It feels like I’ve done something wrong and it also feels frustrating that I got this diagnosis when my BP has only read high for about half my appointments, and even when it is high they always say it’s “just a little high”
Had anyone had any issues with this?
I've seen a few papers online that it can happen with Addison's and it can also happen with tapering steroids.
But it is also linked to several other things as well.
I have had a wonderful couple weeks /s
I've emailed called and talked to people about this and they just keep saying you have to give your medical records to the recruiter. ( despite every service member i know tells me just don't say anything i don't want to lie )
So eye doctor said my eye pressure was really high. After further testing they found my ocular lenses were just thicker than most peoples making it appear that way. Said my eye pressure was just on the high side of normal but there isn't a actual way to tell due to not being able to tell how thick they are. Said my optic nerve looked healthy. And said i have full range of view in my eyes. Theres nothing wrong with my vision don't even need glasses etc.
But being that my eyes appear as if my eye pressure is higher than normal. Does that mean i need a waiver or do i just tell the doctor ?
So I found out, after turning the head of a doctor at a medical screening (Not the first time) that I might have genetically high blood pressure. I am a 24 year old male currently and about average weight, around 155 lbs at a height of 5'5", and during screening I read something like 140+/90+ on a machine. This was for joining the military and after the first reading the doc measured it manually and read around 138/88 or so, so I passed the qualifications to join (YAY). Still not great I imagine, and honestly I don't really understand these numbers that well. It does run in the family and my mom got put on medication before I was born while she weighed probably around 120 lbs or so. I'm not physically active, and don't really like the thought of meds just yet, and I'm aware I should bring this up with a physician at some point. I was just wondering where to start to educate myself to sort of naturally curve where I'm at and what resources are out there so I can get a better understanding of this potential issue.
All I did was cut all sugar/processed foods/ grains/seed oils from my diet.
My ALT is 17 and my AST is 13.
I'm supposed to be on the dash diet as well as fodmap. It leaves me with almost no food. Can't eat meat OR beans. Can't eat desserts OR fruit. Can't eat half of the vegetables or grains that most people have available to them. Chances are, if it makes me sick, it's probably something that brings my blood pressure down. If it doesn't cause any digestion issues it'd usually something that makes my blood pressure and cholesterol go up.
Right now I'm eating a lunch that would make the average person disgusted. It's a bowl of green beans, a bowl of oatmeal with a banana in it, and a chocolate cookie and a cup of coffee with oat milk. :(
I am new to my knowledge of IBS, so I made healthy stuffed cabbage last night thinking it would be fine. I used cabbage, onions, ground turkey, tomatoes, and brown rice. Needless to say, I was on the toilet for over an hour recuperating from eating two of them. My partner had some and was fine, of course.
Sure, in the future I'll use white rice, red leaf lettuce, and no onions and probably be fine. But it feels really crappy knowing the food I know is healthy for me in so many ways is making me miserable, but I can eat taco bell and be completely fine while it wreaks havoc on my poor heart.
I have spent my whole life learning how to eat healthy for weight loss and cardiac health only to be fucking smacked in the face by my digestive tract.
I am experiencing high blood pressure around 140/90, I am pretty fit 176cm 83kg 14,2 fat % @39y I practice kettlebells daily and play squash once a week. I just quit coffee (3 weeks ago) and doing 16:8/20:4 for the last 3/4 years. Anything to try? I am really open but do not want to be on meds for the rest of my life.
I have had high blood pressure for 3 years now as a side effect of my Hashimoto’s, also some high cholesterol. Now that I found a provider who is actively getting my TSH into range, I’m wondering if I’ll be hypertensive for life? My cholesterol has been going down now that my TSH is controlled, but the blood pressure is staying in the same range. I do take medicine for this haha I’m not trying to stroke out or develop kidney disease. Has anybody else had this same problem?
Hello, I have undiagnosed but suspected POTS. I’m on Propranolol, and an ACE inhibitor. I still have the 30+ BPM increase upon sitting or standing. More concerning to me is the blood pressure spike from normal to 145/105-115 I get while standing that comes with bad head pain.
I’ve seen suggestions for Clonidine, and Methyldopa (probably can’t take due to liver problems). Has anyone tried Clonidine?
Any suggestions from those in a similar place? It’s causing me to feel anxious about my safety. I also want to be able to get out of bed. There are no experts in my area so I’m doing this with very little support.
We are having a lot of trouble with my diagnosis, and things keep coming up. I have IIH and papilidema. There is weakness on my left side, and my left leg just collapses underneath me. I'm having a lot of speech issues, and am just choking in stuff. My eyes forcibly close as well when sunlight gets in them....like for 10 to 15 minutes i cant open them. My mom has MS, but my Brain MRI keeps coming back clear. They haven't done a spine MRI though. Could transverse myelitis be causing some of these issues? Is it worth getting a Spine and lumbar MRI or am I just losing my mind? I don't know what to do anymore.
Hello everyone! It’s time for me to leave this sub but first I wanted to share my story, as I’ve found others helpful. I’ll try and keep it concise, my baby boy was born a few weeks ago and I delivered in Vancouver, BC (for other Canadian mamas!) I was under true care of midwives for the duration as well as for the delivery.
My pregnancy was uneventful and then at 36 weeks I was diagnosed with hypertension and put on meds to control it as well as twice weekly fetal monitoring and ultrasounds to monitor baby. I was also told I’d be induced at 38 weeks.
I had a membrane sweep on December 30 and I barely felt it. On January 1st I went in for my first Cervidil application, came back on January 2nd for the second Cervidil, and then on the 3rd was given gel as my cervix was finally almost ready. On January 4 I went in at 730 am and my cervix was ready, but they did not have staff to start the IV oxytocin drip. We were sent home and then called back at 10:30 pm to start the induction/birth.
The drip was started around midnight and they broke my water at 3 am. The contractions got really painful, I tried laughing gas but it did not help and I ended up throwing up. I then asked for the epidural at 5 am. Receiving the epidural while having contractions was the worst thing about my experience. I learned that I could have had it at any time and wished I had asked sooner!
Baby boy was then born at 12:38 pm and he got “stuck” on the way out. This caused him to be born stressed and breathing rapidly with suspected nerve damage to his shoulder. He was immediately taken to the NICU for monitoring and I only got to hold him for about one minute after birth. I was stitched up (I had a very small tear at the base of my vagina and one near my clitoris that didn’t need stitches.) I was released as everything looked okay and went to join baby in the NICU.
About two hours later I was soaking through the pads, fainted twice, and a “code pink” was called. My uterus was filling up with blood clots and 3 different OBGYN’s came to remove them. They eventually removed 2 litres of blood clots (I lost 2.5 litres of blood in total including birth) from my uterus as well as a few tiny pieces of placenta that was causing the bleeding. Luckily I did not need surgery, but I did have to stay on another ward overnight while my partner stayed in the NICU with our baby. This was horrible, I cried all night without them.
We’re all doing well now, with no concerns for baby boy or me. Beca
... keep reading on reddit ➡Well I was hoping to have a better appointment today after a month of logging my blood pressure readings. All of which were totally normal to borderline low. I tried my hardest to suppress the panic attack I get every time a BP cuff is put on the doctor. Still got a fairly high 138/90. I once again plead my case, handed her all of my readings to look over for the last month.
Tried to make her understand I am not just slightly nervous, I’m literally panicking...didn’t matter. Was told the only way she will consider a home reading is if I know a nurse or healthcare worker who can do measurements at home manually. Then proceeded to prescribe a high dose labetolol and basically told me that my readings have been too high to have anything to do with white coat syndrome and they will keep throwing meds at me until I can manage to get a normal in office reading.
I am at a complete loss. I mean really...telling a person with severe anxiety you better facilitate a normal reading or else?
So I did the best thing I could think to do and scheduled an appointment with my cardiologist I used to see for my PACs and PVCs. He’s an amazing doctor and I trust him with my life. And I’m also going to ask for an extra appt with my high risk OB where I oddly received the highest BP reading I’ve ever had in my life but she didn’t flinch because she saw my heart rate at 152 when they took it. Told me to work on deep breathing next time and we will see where we’re at.
There has to be a solution here. I can’t live in a constant state of anxiety like this. And my biggest fear is once I reach more than 24 weeks being sent to the hospital every single appt because I can’t keep my anxiety in check. And here’s the thing, I am not a generally anxious person I’m just essentially phobic of doctors. I have never had a high reading at home. Ever. I use one arm cuff and I have two wrist cuffs. All measure within one or two points of each other. Anyways. Thanks for letting me vent. Really wish I could enjoy this pregnancy, it’s turning into to nothing but dread.....
Does IF and OMAD lower blood pressure?
TLDR: Hi guys, I'm basically wanting to ask if anyone has found any weird or hard to figure out reasons for their hypertension? - Notes below, if interested
I first got told I had hypertension at 21/22 years old and, admittedly, at the time I was eating horrendously, not exercising, working 2 jobs, and not really sleeping. Back then I was put on 5mg of Lisinopril and it worked.
Fast forward to 24/25 years old, I've lost like 25% of my body weight (I'm in the normal range), am eating way healthier, drink a ton of water, exercise 5 days a week for 5+ hours total, don't drink caffeine, soda, or even really juices, don't smoke, don't drink very often and it's kind of gotten worse (less responsive to medications and stuff). I am now on 10mg of Lisinopril and 5mg Amlodipine with no explanation as to why this might be the case and it's still not as effective as when I first got diagnosed. (I know I'm supposed to ask a doctor, I have - more than one -.... they have no reasons for it either). I should maybe note that I'm pretty my hypertension is mostly Systolic (though my doctor hasn't said this). My diastolic is usually 80 or under (maybe mid 80s at worse) even with no medication at all with medications it's lower 70s - mid/high 60s.
- I'm not diabetic or insulin resistant (I've gotten my A1C, Glucose, Insulin, and Glucose Tolerance test all done and all normal).
- I have anemia, but I take my iron with no improvements to my BP (it did improve symptoms of anemia though)
- I've had an exercise stress test, Heart ultrasound, and telemetry machine and my heart is normal (minus some systolic hypertension.... but I have hypertension so that's not really a surprise).
- I do have an occasional bradycardia/tachycardia/ arrhythmia, but the cardiologist didn't note this as really being any problem and normal in certain cases.
- My LDL has always been fine; HDL a little low (I'm taking omegas to try and help with that though)
- Thyroid/TSH and Kidneys are fine. I wasn't taking any regular medications before that initial Lisinopril.
- Aldosterone and Plasma Renin Activity tested fine.
- Diet is pretty low to moderate in fat (healthy fats) and salt/sodium.
- No one really watches me sleep, but as far as I've been told I don't snore which seems like Sleep Apnea 101 so I don't know that it's that.
- I do have PCOS if that feels relevant at all.
Any insight or suggestions at all would be helpful! and Thank you in advance
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Pre pandemic I practiced low carb/keto diet and lost around 40lbs. During 2020-2021 I went back to unhealthy eating and gained 20lbs back. Earlier this November I decided to have lab tests done then start my plan of losing weight. Prior to the test I did some intermittent fasting, mostly OMAD and TMAD. I was advised to take statins but I am kind of skeptical about it. I have been reading about keto/low carb/IF for quite some time and I have read somewhere that this way of eating affects the cholesterol/LDL levels. I have a scheduled consultation with another doctor who is more open and inclined to the low carb/keto lifestyle but would like to seek insights here as well. Thank you!
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I used to get occasional flares of night time hypertension, chills, and it always seemed to be linked to the lack of daytime GI movement. At night around 10:30-11:00pm, my gut typically starts moving and I have BMs, burping and gas with gut noises, which then starts to bring my BP down and I can then sleep.
The last week post COVID I am seeing this pattern almost daily and I can't figure out what is causing it and what I can do to alleviate it. When it's really bad, I get panic attacks and disorientation.
My mother’s BP is usually in the 130-145/70 range during afternoons, evenings and nights, but after waking up, it’s mostly always 155-160/80.
Despite taking her losartan 25 in the night.
She changed to losartan 50 last night, and her morning BP is still 155/80.
Anyone know why?
37 year old male
5'11
170lbs
Frequent exercise; 3 miles in 18 minutes on the treadmill.
See att'd echo report. Dr. says heart is fine except pulmonary regurg. Recent echo showing PAH. What the FUCK, reading its degenerative??
RSVP is 38, mild atrial enlargement. Everything else was 100% normal.
I have no health problems except generalized anxiety.
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It was originally ordered due to LVH by electrocardiogram, which obviously I have none oer echo (thin, athletic, etc). Now its showing pulm. regurg and RA enlargement with PAH. I have zero symptoms. I have never had a congenital disease. I do snore a lot but had an apnea test (oximiter overnight) and had less than like 5 incidents all night, whatever it was it was supra-normal.
Edit: I asked Dr. about this online and they said (not sure what this means): "XXXX, Your echo did report MILD pulmonary hypertension, however this is likely reported due to the mild tricuspid regurgitation noted. You are not presenting w/ any of the typical causes of pulmonary hypertension. I reviewed your echo w/ Dr. XXX and we both agree that there are not any concerning findings noted."
Hello could someone give me resources concerning the possible links between hypertension and feminizing HRT ? My GP recently discovered my arterial tension was 160/95. Last year before I started HRT, I was at 120/80. I'm pretty shure it is linked to weird lab results. I recently had menopause like symptoms as both oestradiol and testosterone where low. So we are trying to fix this.
I thought oestradiol usually lowers blood pressure instead of increasing it so I am confused.
Do you have any useful resources on the matter?
My father has an aortic dissection, a clotting problem, hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and high cholesterol. He is on blood thinners and medication for his chronic conditions. Obviously, he is a high risk patient, and I have tried my very best to keep him safe this pandemic. But my grandmother had a stroke, ended up in the hospital, caught COVID, and most likely gave it to my father.
I’m trying to contact his doctors to get him on either monoclonal antibodies or an antiviral pill, but I’m also soliciting other advice. What should I be doing for him to give him the best chance possible?
Hey buds - I was recently diagnosed with hypertension (starting my first 10mg/day dose of lisinopril today 🥳). I have recently begun running a few times a week. Should I be careful to not over exert exercising? My bp runs about 180/130, is overexertion something I should be cautious of?
Folks with high bp who also exercise regularly do you have a bp monitoring watch you use while exercising? Is this a waste of my precious funds or a worthy investment?
In June 2020, I quit my 30mg dosage of Lexapro, that I had taken since 2016, cold turkey, due to a few things.
- I was constantly anxious and OCD, and Lexapro wasn't helping at all. I probably had built up a very strong tolerance to it.
- My APRN prescriber (not my primary care doctor or a psychiatrist) was a hassle to deal with and not a very nice person. She was a good person to deal with at first, but later on became less interested in me, and seemed indifferent to my declining mental state. She also upped my dosage of Lexapro to 30mg over time, for reasons I cannot remember. In 2020, just before the cold turkey, I had suggested to her that I possibly switch to another medication, as I thought Lexapro wasn't working anymore, and she refused to change me to something else.
- The APRN moved to Texas in 2015. She never suggested seeing somebody locally after they moved. They are not licensed in Texas, only RI, CT, and WA. Texas law says they need to work with a physician to practice psych med management, but they are not licensed in Texas, they only live there, so I'm not sure legally what they are required to do. I live in Rhode Island, and I could only get a refill through telehealth webcam visits, and my webcam didn't work for the session in June, meaning they refused to give me a refill, and didn't suggest other ways to get one.
I started taking over the counter 5-HTP as a replacement for the Lexapro, but it had no effect either. Nothing was helping my anxiety at all last year. It came to a head in late September 2020, after being at the ER for an intense panic attack that spanned 3 days, until I was able to cool down at the ER. A mental health social worker had been to my house during the breakdown, but referred me to a mental health facility that wasn't taking any new patients, rendering that service useless, in a time when I was having an intense breakdown of emotions. The last time this had happened was in 2012, which led to my OCD/Anxiety diagnosis.
I re-contacted the APRN, as they were a person who knew my case, as I had seen them for 6 years by then, and were able to see me very soon after this breakdown, and she put back on Lexapro, but at a 10mg dosage this time, instead of 30mg. They didn't seem concerned about me quitting 30mg cold turkey, the fact that I had quit in general so harshly, the fact that EMTs/Police had been to the house because of my breakdown, no real concern. She also did not want me to run any health tests before putti
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hey folks. I’m pregnant for the first time and have never experienced high blood pressure before being pregnant. My BP has been all over the place during my pregnancy. In my first trimester it was high for 3 prenatal visits in a row and then read as normal for several more visits and now it’s high for about half my visits. My clinic diagnosed me with “chronic hypertension” and I’ve now been deemed a high risk pregnancy. I’m really struggling with this for some reason. I’m 23 weeks along now and my midwife today asked me how I felt about meeting solely with an OB for the remainder of my pregnancy. Something about this suggestion really bothered me and then after I left my appointment I went down a google spiral looking at the risks associated with high BP. For those who were diagnosed with this, how did you manage it? If you’ve already given birth, did you have to have a c-section, did you go into preterm labor? How did you deal with this on a personal level? It feels like I’ve done something wrong and it also feels frustrating that I got this diagnosis when my BP has only read high for about half my appointments, and even when it is high they always say it’s “just a little high”
