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Blood pressure drops when exercising.
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: May 20 4:50pm | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
I have discussed this with my doctor. We decided to discontinue the BP meds two months ago. A couple of episodes last week sent me to the hospital. I couldn't converse with my husband on Wednesday morning after walking 9,600 steps, vacuuming, and doing other housework. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not speak the words. It wasn't the speech, it was communicating the right words. The next morning, after mowing the grass and cleaning up the yard, I had the same problem conversing with my husband. My BP went down to 104/63. I sat on the patio to rest. Again, I could not find the correct words to communicate. It was a little more difficult to understand him. The next morning, my husband suggested I call the doctor's office. I did, and they directed me to the emergency room at the hospital. After two days of tests (CT scan, MRI, Echo Cardiogram), the doctors decided I did not have a Stroke or TIA, but Heat Exhaustion. This did not make much sense to me. I have an appointment with my doctor this Thursday to discuss this with her. Thanks.
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@70drdiana
You mentioned your BP had gone down to 104/63. That is not that low. My BP runs low 100s over high 60s, low 70s, all the time. But you said this happend after exercising. What is your BP during rest when you have not been exercising?
In reading your post that is a low of exercise and burning of glucose out of your body. I am not a medical person but my wife is a diabetic (1.5) and diagnosed about 4 years ago. She at times will go into a low glucose level and her symptoms that you wrote above are exactly what she says happens to her and I see in her.
Had anyone asked or done a A1C? Or your glucose level? Your glucose level should be around 90-100 (considered good numbers) but rises with what you eat and goes down with exercise (burning off glucose) and when insulin both normal (your pancreas) and medically (insulin pump or injection) goes into your blood stream.
My wife gets extreme headaches when high and same symptoms you mention above when too low. Too low for her will start showing symptoms around 50 and lower. When her glucose gets to below 80 she is told to consume sugary drinks or high carb foods.
Again, and hopefully you and others are not seeing my post as trying to diagnose you, I just saw your description of your symptoms and it echoed my wifes symptoms when glucose is low.
But you don't have to have diabetes to have glucose go low. The amount of exercise you did that day you mentioned is really a lot. Did you eat that morning? Drink fluids, electrolytes?
I take medication that keeps my BP and HR low. My BP can when I relax goes down to 90/60 and I can get dizzy if I stand up to quickly. But what you are experiencing is after intense and extended exercise. That should be a key scenario to those who are treating and looking for answers.
Suggest you talk to your PCP and cardiologist about glucose and exercise and if they feel appropriate maybe checking your A1C or glucose levels. Your A1C is a long range check of your ongoing glucose levels and into the upper 5 is normal. My wifes's A1C is over 8. Doctors try to have diabetics keep their A1C below 7.
A glucose check is a check of right them amount of glucose in your blood. Many times they will asked you to fast and many times not.
I was a city police officer many years ago and got a call of a drunk person in front of a buisness. I got there and asked him a couple of questions and he answered me in slurred words and what seemed to be struggling to talk to me.
We were trained in a lot of things including diabetic cause of what seems to be intoxication and I smelled no alcohol on him. I took him to ER and they told me he was diabetic and in a low glucose level causing the symptoms.
I just mentioned all this to keep checking and asking to find out what is causing it.