High Blood Pressure

[3dollar]

Anybody currently on high blood pressure medication? Feel free to share here. My personal history

My height and weight is normal. 170 and 55kg

diagnosed with HBP about 6 months back. Been on medication since and about a month back additional medication was added as my bp hit 188/126 while I was working. Company doctor send me to A&E immediately after a couple of hours observation discharged from hospital.

I do not drink coffee at all since teenage days

Take garlic, chopped up, take with water every morning on empty stomach

 

[wutawa]

Thanks for sharing!

Will pass to my BBFA brother to see whether he is keen or not (he is someone who is not so 'independent' and this maybe a useful way to 'nag' at him to measure his BP regularly instead of me nagging. He is currently on high BP and high cholesterol med at late 50s).

Ya, the system will prompt him and nurse will call if never measure for a week. Is he currently getting his med from polyclinic or private clinic/hospital?

 

[wongminmin]

Mine 1 min ago..

i throw away this 1...not accurate.
get omron/microlife.

then use it to compare with clinic bpm.

 

[Hardware4455]

Early 30s probably don't need for this Ultrasound Carotid yet (unless you also having high cholesterol) as this scan maybe more useful for those at least in their mid 40s. But if you have some 'excess' medical claim amount, you may discuss with your doc the necessity of it (to build a 'baseline' for the current health of your carotid artery for comparison years later).

I first came to know about this scan when a friend in her late 50s (with high cholesterol and high BP under med for a few years) went for her med check up and her doc advised her to get the scan (when she complained about some numbness in her left hand when she wakes up in the morning). The scan showed her carotid artery is mildly clotted (not serious yet) and adjusted some of her med dosage + advised her to be watchful.

Then recently my daughter's close friend, late 20s, with no medical condition of the 3 highs, experienced weakness in limbs and blur vision. Her family rushed her to A&E and straight away confirmed as a stroke patient. The Ultrasound Carotid scan showed her carotid artery was more than 50% clot. She was hospitalised for a few days and given blood thinning treatment before being discharged with a big bag of blood thinning medicine for 3 months and a review date. The friend (a high flyer) believes her case is due to work stress (since she high income, exercises regularly and eats healthily with no family history of stroke). This is a 'lucky' case as she was rushed to the hospital to treat the blood clot in time.



Source:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/carotid-ultrasound/about/pac-20393399#dialogId66567473

thanks. Based on the picture my carotid artery do feel sore and pain in the morning if I were to over drank alcohol the night before.
Those normal nights or alcohol free nights no such pain

anything to look out?

 

[Mecisteus]

i throw away this 1...not accurate.
get omron/microlife.

then use it to compare with clinic bpm.

I'm using that one.

Cheap and decent.

If you have a chronic HBP, then probably worth paying a premium. Because every reading matters.

For normal people, that is considered a value buy.

 

[endlssorrow]

I heard this juice redbeet juice is good and helps alot to bring down

 

[Foetid]

i think i validated what most of you had mentioned, salt is one of the biggest factor, reducing salt through own cooking, regular exercises and as well as regular blood donation can drop to normal blood pressure levels

 

[AUTUMN&WINTER]

i think i validated what most of you had mentioned, salt is one of the biggest factor, reducing salt through own cooking, regular exercises and as well as regular blood donation can drop to normal blood pressure levels

How does blood donation help in lowering blood pressure?

 

[Foetid]

How does blood donation help in lowering blood pressure?

it does, if u think about it, blood pressure is the internal pressure within the blood vessel walls, the loss of volumetric blood definitely reduces the blood pressure, of cos its not a permanent feature. It will take some time to go back. Blood pressure also depends on how "sticky" it is, also depending on if you donate whole blood or the blood apheresis donation.

Imagine those accident victims losing huge blood amount, they lose conscouness partly due to huge blood loss reduces blood pressure greatly.

 

[erwinrommel]

For those who are on statin due to high LDL, just curious.

Is there any ApoB measurement done?

 

[Foetid]

Someone told me salt is a much bigger and more common problem than carbo. Cos even if u don't add salt, it already exists in most things we eat. So eat less is safest?

for biggest effect, reduce salt and reduce sugar.

I recently reduce salt almost completely, occasionally fasting in the week and stop taking breakfast and my diastolic blood pressure has normalised from (140 to 150) to (120 to 130)

i think there are some postive effects of normal blood pressure, my sleep seems to be deeper these days and concentration and focus becomes better.

not saying its the best doctor in the world in that video but i took heed from his advice, reducing both sugar as well as salt.

 

[luei74]

For 50 years old. Can check if this consider normal or at the high side? Two daily measurements on Left and Right hand. Thank you

 

[Foetid]

For 50 years old. Can check if this consider normal or at the high side? Two daily measurements on Left and Right hand. Thank you

i think it looks fine but i am not doctor.

usually when u just wakeup, the bp is quite low as the heart beat just increases from lower state from sleep.

maybe u can also add in before and after meals to confirm the bp, additionally the time of day. i find that immediately post meal, the bp tends to be higher when insulin are released.

u also can add comments on what food u eaten, lots of carbs or salt intake /carb intake etc, then u can draw inference from the pattern if not then ur spreadsheet is quite flat without additional details for your own analysis.

make sure the line is in the middle where it can "feel" the pulse as there is where the main veins or arteries are.

 

[Ironside]

for biggest effect, reduce salt and reduce sugar.

I recently reduce salt almost completely, occasionally fasting in the week and stop taking breakfast and my diastolic blood pressure has normalised from (140 to 150) to (120 to 130)

i think there are some postive effects of normal blood pressure, my sleep seems to be deeper these days and concentration and focus becomes better.

not saying its the best doctor in the world in that video but i took heed from his advice, reducing both sugar as well as salt.

Last time a doctor tell me to eat home cooked with less sodium. After two days, without eating hawker food, combine with some fruits and vegetables, my blood pressure is normalised. She also tells me to sleep one hour earlier daily and do relaxation exercise like mindfulness and meditation.

Nowadays my body can take a sinful hawker meal once a day, 2-3 times a week. After that drink enough water and consume a green leaf blend together.

 

[Ironside]

i think it looks fine but i am not doctor.

usually when u just wakeup, the bp is quite low as the heart beat just increases from lower state from sleep.

maybe u can also add in before and after meals to confirm the bp, additionally the time of day. i find that immediately post meal, the bp tends to be higher when insulin are released.


make sure the line is in the middle where it can "feel" the pulse as there is where the main veins or arteries are.

When you just wake up, still need to go to a chair and table set up to take the pressure. That will already increase the readings.

 

[qhong61]

For those who are on statin due to high LDL, just curious.

Is there any ApoB measurement done?

What is apob

 

[kage]

Regular excercises will bring down ur blood pressure alot.

At night sleep early

Of cos ur diet.

 

[kage]

When you just wake up, still need to go to a chair and table set up to take the pressure. That will already increase the readings.

Ya especially when the machine suddenly squeeze ur arm ....

 

[DemonReaver]

Better control your BP if you are a guy, heard the hbp can cause penile performance to fail during sex.

 

[superhero41]

Anybody currently on high blood pressure medication? Feel free to share here. My personal history

My height and weight is normal. 170 and 55kg

diagnosed with HBP about 6 months back. Been on medication since and about a month back additional medication was added as my bp hit 188/126 while I was working. Company doctor send me to A&E immediately after a couple of hours observation discharged from hospital.

I do not drink coffee at all since teenage days

wow take care TS, last time i know 1 dude from army, similar build as u, seems like an avg normal guy, but he is taking hbp medication too, think he takes it every night, according to him, his parents and grandparents all had it, but nv expected to get it so early. so if he misses medication or something, he will feel giddy or heavy head at times.
oh u can also get those home monitor for bp machine, some quite cheap, this dude in army used to brought 1 in and we took turns playing w it lol. for him, he stayed constant at 130-140 even with medi, sometimes without, he goes to 160, so i would say urs being at 180+ is quite dangerous, not surprised u got sent in a&e as they are afraid u might die or what lor.