High Blood Pressure

[Multiversal]

Take fruits like bananas and papayas.

Also rich in potassium.

 

[martin]

By stopping the intake of HBP med, u run the risks of having HA and stroke. Tink twice ya

I haven’t started. Want to persuade the doctor not to start me. My BP is mostly good except morning tend to be higher, then at the clinic always higher too.

 

[martin]

Had it before. Try drinking 1 real fresh coconut water per day (not the carton type, use the one that you literally had to cut with knife). Do it for at least 3 months. After that, drink it 2x/week although the more is better.

It helped me to keep it at normal level until my doctor also confused.

So now you still drinking everyday? It brought your BP from how high to how low? In the oden days, the elders always consider coconut water as very liang, you take so much your body can take it?

 

[Cowbellc]

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

Me. Hbp. 186/103. 1.71m 74kg
Taking amlodipine 5mg.
Also high cholesterol taking pill 10mg
Take care bro. Serious.
I got a slight stroke before.

 

[Multiversal]

BMI is already a good indicator for general population.

Unless you are like @moonraiser type. High BMI but due to muscle mass and weight lifting.

So general population with high BMI will most likely have higher chance of chronic diseases.

If you don't walk into the doctor's clinic looking like a bodybuilder but a typical BBFA, the doctor is likely to conclude that you are overweight because of eating, and not bodybuilding.

He will assume that you are eating a lot of KFC, Jollibee, all those fried stuff, or cakes, and drinking a lot of soft drinks, kopi gau (if you are boomer or xoomer age)....BBT (if you are yoomer and zoomer age)......ice kacang (if you are yoomer, xoomer and boomer).

And snacking a lot - all flour and carbs, also high sodium and sugar.

All these have high LDL (bad cholesterol leading to plagues in the blood vessels), high sodium, and high sugar. The battery of tests would only confirm his suspicions about your body's poor health condition that is already predisposed to getting the 3 highs.

 

[Cowbellc]

Also rich in potassium.

If ur kidney is not well, do less intake potassium.
My dad dialysis. Doc tell him not to take too many potassium

 

[Ironside]

Many people do not be too happy. Usually, 过了五十才中枪的。

 

[bakuten]

If ur kidney is not well, do less intake potassium.
My dad dialysis. Doc tell him not to take too many potassium

potassium and sodium relationship is ratio based.
too much potassium + too little sodium = heart stops from electrolyte imbalance.....that's how they execute criminals via lethal injection.

alot of docs just blindly kp patients abt lowering sodium without any warning about lowering potassium as well....which may lead to unintended consequences.

https://www.healthline.com/nutritio...at less,guidelines currently recommend ( 15 ).

 

[Multiversal]

If ur kidney is not well, do less intake potassium.
My dad dialysis. Doc tell him not to take too many potassium

The human body is really so complex.

Coconut, papaya, and banana are rich in potassium which counteracts sodium, and we know that high sodium intake is a cause of high BP. So one wedge of papaya a day, or for a change to - to add some variety to meals and enjoyment, a banana instead on other days - would be a good way to balance up the sodium.

But if we go eat a whole bunch of bananas, seven or eight of it, every lunch and dinner, daily, that's eating monkey food. I suppose it does not harm the monkey but for us, it is as what you wrote.

That's why we all say, eat everything in moderation. If we do that in the first place, we would not even have consumed too much of the bad stuff that cause high blood pressure, diabetes and bad cholesterol. Then, a banana or a wedge of papaya is perfectly fine as these form part of a balanced diet.

 

[menthol28]

take care bro

my height is 175cm, weight is 72-73 kg

diagnosed with HBL since primary school health screening (by MOH) back in 80s. family history shows my father's side most suffer fr HBL & high cholesterol

since secondary school every 6 months went to old Outram Polytechnic (last time opp Tiong Bahru Rd), then after 18 years old to NUH, for checkup & blood test, so far always ard 160/80

started taking daily medication 5 years ago when I can no longer control with exercise & diet, rising to 180/90 at one time (other than occasional bouts of migraines & aching shoulders, no other side effects noted). now maintain at 150/70 after medication

If it's the left shoulder that's constantly aching best to consult a doc

 

[Cowbellc]

The human body is really so complex.

Coconut, papaya, and banana are rich in potassium which counteracts sodium, and we know that high sodium intake is a cause of high BP. So one wedge of papaya a day, or for a change to - to add some variety to meals and enjoyment, a banana instead on other days - would be a good way to balance up the sodium.

But if we go eat a whole bunch of bananas, seven or eight of it, every lunch and dinner, daily, that's eating monkey food. I suppose it does not harm the monkey but for us, it is as what you wrote.

That's why we all say, eat everything in moderation. If we do that in the first place, we would not even have consumed too much of the bad stuff that cause high blood pressure, diabetes and bad cholesterol. Then, a banana or a wedge of papaya is perfectly fine as these form part of a balanced diet.

Yep take every meal in moderation. That's the key words
I told my mom not to give my dad too much water, she insist everyday 8 full cup. In the end my dad ended up in ICU cos bloated. Then doc say cannot take too much water cos his kidney is not functioning well. That time still not on dialysis.
Every volume muz be even lesser now as my dad now on dialysis

 

[congster2]

This?

Amlodipine I'm taking 1.5 tablets lol

 

[lazyclimb]

If it's the left shoulder that's constantly aching best to consult a doc

for me it started at my right shoulder after wake up one morning
i assumed it's a case of frozen shoulder due to excessive exercising (i lift dumbbells & do pull-ups 3-4 times a week), then when i lower down the frequency of exercise, my left shoulder started to hurt as well. it was then when i consult my family doctor that i discovered my BP shot up

 

[congster2]

Yep take every meal in moderation. That's the key words
I told my mom not to give my dad too much water, she insist everyday 8 full cup. In the end my dad ended up in ICU cos bloated. Then doc say cannot take too much water cos his kidney is not functioning well. That time still not on dialysis.
Every volume muz be even lesser now as my dad now on dialysis

When the heart weakens with age they have to cut back on water to reduce the load.

 

[classified_7]

Also rich in potassium.

Careful with potassium. Some meds eg Ibersatan retains potassium in your body.

 

[Cowbellc]

When the heart weakens with age they have to cut back on water to reduce the load.

When ur on dialysis, or kidney failure, too much water can be harmful, especially when ur on dialysis

 

[Multiversal]

Yep take every meal in moderation. That's the key words
I told my mom not to give my dad too much water, she insist everyday 8 full cup. In the end my dad ended up in ICU cos bloated. Then doc say cannot take too much water cos his kidney is not functioning well. That time still not on dialysis.
Every volume muz be even lesser now as my dad now on dialysis

Not sure if you have seen this before in horsepeters (below). It's an IV drip that releases water into the body slowly to prevent dehydration. Our body does need water.

It's saline, ie salt water but not super salty water. Our body also needs sodium, and the horsepeter knows what it's doing.

If we drink a glass of water in 15 seconds, it strains the body.

Let's say we sip a bit, just one mouthful every ten minutes, and take one hour to finish one glass. The body is then given time to absorb the water into various parts of the body which need it,

It is more than enough time in a 24 hour day to drink 8 glasses of water, without gulping all 8 glasses in 15 seconds each time and causing bloating.

 

[winningeleven]

I am almost the same height ahd weight like u. 1.69m and 54kg. We are actually very lean .

My BP uses to be 130 and when I nervous such as medical check up and could go 170 to 180. My BP is due to genetics. All my family members are like that.

But when I took up running many years ago. My BP maintain below 120 liao . I never have any medication .

So exercise regularly make a BIG difference

 

[Lchlch]

Amlodipine I'm taking 1.5 tablets lol

I am taking 1 tablet

 

[Mecisteus]

I am almost the same height ahd weight like u. 1.69m and 54kg. We are actually very lean .

My BP uses to be 130 and when I nervous such as medical check up and could go 170 to 180. My BP is due to genetics. All my family members are like that.

But when I took up running many years ago. My BP maintain below 120 liao . I never have any medication .

So exercise regularly make a BIG difference

Your HBP is not really genetics.

People with the bad genes die die must take meds.

Most people in developed countries have chronic diseases due to availability of fast foods, bad diet, stress environment, etc.

So it's not uncommon for our parents and relatives have the chronic diseases.