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Long Covid Hypertension

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@wilsonanderson

It’s a LC symptom I would like to find more research about. High BP was the first symptom that continued from the actual Covid infection about 4 years 9 months ago…morphed to having high HR, and despite having 5 simultaneous hypertensive drugs never went down to the regular 120/70 I did have. Then this last Jan.got diagnosed with ‘postural hypotension’ of 61/40 at tilt table test, so spent the year removing hypertensives: the first to go was the beta blocker, bisoprolol, and one switched from am to pm. Was taken off Indapimide which seems a good idea as the dysautonomia syncope seemed to coincide with taking it, but then 2-3 weeks into removal my BP would go up to 180/80, so back on it by next day it would go back to 128/70 but not stay at that…changes from day to day, am to pm, by 40 systolic units. Ecgs, echocardiogram, chest X-rays etc show no problem. I even started swimming 50 mins 5 x a week 20 months ago, on the principle I might have become deconditioned and cardiovascular system effected… but not obviously improved BP. Also tried the various vitamin/ mineral etc recommendations like ferritin, vits D and Bs…no difference. I’d be interested if your cardio . suggests anything.

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Good morning..thanks for your reply. I have a Zio monitor on, it comes off on Wednesday the 19th, They said I had orthostatic hypotension in March when I fainted in my driveway and hit my head. My insurance would not pay for a tilt table test, they said it was not medically necessary. So I have never had a positive test result. I have tried to get back into mayo clinic again , but they are refusing my requests, twice I tried . I went down there after my first Covid round in 2022, 2023. now they say no. I just had a echo and a Nuclear stress test, but as you know they said there was no sign of induced ischemia. So we go on with this syndrome, they do not know what to do with all of us. We all know that we did not experience all this stuff before we had this evil virus. Some people treat me like I have the plague and I know my employer is trying to get rid of me cause I am a liability. Have a good day and please stay in touch. We all have to stick together.