Hello, I am a 32 year old female - overweight, hypothyroidism with hyperthyroidism on occasion (Hashimotos). I am an active female, I can run without much shortness of breath - not more than the usual with exertion. I went to the cardiologist because I had an elevated heart rate. He ordered an echo to make sure that I didnβt have any structural issues.
All came back normal, but RVSP was slightly elevated at 35 mmhg with a RAP of 3 and βconsistent with mild pulmonary hypertensionβ as noted on the echocardiogram. The cardiologist didnβt even mention it over the phone when going over my results. I obviously went online and read about pulmonary hypertension and I am freaking out. Why wouldnβt the cardiologist even address it?
Iβm really scared. I donβt have any symptoms. I just have a chronic cough that actually started after I recovered from what I thought was mild COVID - and only gets worse around allergy season.
Should I be concerned? I know PAH is different than PH but I am Worried I have PAH.
Why do we use kPa rather than mmHg for partial pressures. Seemingly everywhere else in the world (including our usual friends Aus, NZ, India) uses mmHg too.
Is there any particular reason? Or does it just make ABGs a little bit harder to learn?
After getting just a stage or two from completely bed-bound before figuring out what was wrong with me, I am very happy to say that I have found medical grade 30-40 mmHg compression garments to be quite helpful.
It isn't like I'm back at 100%, but I can actually do cleaning and cooking tasks for longer than 5-10m without feeling faint and sick.
I made homemade bread yesterday for the first time in a couple months and tidied up the house plus cleaned the oven after.
Today, I did the dishes, scrubbed the stove and counters, then made a fat pile of double chocolate pancakes as a late Valentine's treat for my sweetie and myself.
I am still sitting on my kitchen stool for quick breaks and lying on the couch when there's time between tasks, but I can handle considerably more now than before.
The numbers on my bp monitor also seem to back me up. The other night my resting rate was 72-76 and was staying in just the mid-to-high 90s with my pantyhose on even at the 10m mark. After the first 10m test, I took my pantyhose off and rested before checking ny resting rate, which was then about 74-78. Doing the standing test without my pantyhose, my heart rate was at 118 by 6m and I got so faint I had to lie back down by 7m.
My bp actually runs borderline high when seated, and I spike up 10-15 diastolic when standing (while my systolic sometimes increases a bit then tends to decrease after 5-10 minutes but often doesn't change much unless it starts a delayed dropping causing a narrow pulse pressure). It does seem that the pantyhose actually make my bp overall a bit higher (something like maybe 10-15 systolic / 5-10 diastolic) whether lying down, sitting, or standing relative to what it would be without the pantyhose. So, that's something to keep in mind if you lean towards the hyperandrogenic POTS side with high blood pressure.
Just my experience. Thought I'd share in case anyone is curious how the medical grade stockings work (although it may vary by person) and how much of a bear they will be in dealing with them if they are actually the high compression level. Since I am pretty sick and incapacitated day to day usually, it is worth it for me to wrestle them on, but I can see why people with more mild symptoms may not want the bother.
Of course, to be clear about what I'm talking about here, this is the level of compression and tightness where I (admittedly chunky with some extra thigh jiggle that probably makes things harder than a trimmer person) have to lay d
... keep reading on reddit β‘My father, 52 and has hypertension, just had a blood pressure of 180/120 mmHg an hour ago and it's almost 2:00 a.m. here. Is he allowed to sleep now, or are there first aid measures that we should do?
As the title says: If the blood pressure is lower than the air pressure, shouldn't the air go into your body when you have a wound but does the blood come out?
Iβm having trouble finding info on how much compression is appropriate. Is it better to start low and go higher? I donβt want to waste money on some that donβt feel like geyser working, but I also donβt want to accidentally cut off blood flow with something too tight.
