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How can normal blood pressure suddenly rise and stay on the high side
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jan 15 10:43pm | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
Man I'm 48 and you're blood pressure is a lot better than mine is! O have stage 4 marginal zone b cell non Hodgkin's Lymphoma as well but today I tested my blood pressure and it was scary high! It was literally 184/103 I had to take a clonodine to bring it down and right now it's still high at 168/96 but I'm happy it's going down . Hopefully they can figure out what's going on causing my BP to get so high . I take BP meds 3 times a day and Dr recently put me on beta blockers but it's still high. Really scary I don't wanna end up having a stroke or heart attack I already have enough health issues. Best wishes to you ! Take care 🙏
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@dottie47, I am 76 and am also am fighting cancer (breast); the drugs I first tried to shrink a tumor, Aromatase Inhibitors, within 4 months caused my lowish hypertension to become Labile Hypertension. So from now on I take 3 BP drugs a day, and even in spite of those it suddenly takes a big leap up to 180 or 190/100 around once a week. If that happens I have to take a small dose of Hydralazine to bring it down within 30-40 minutes. Same drug they would use in the ER, except in pill form. This is not fun. It used to hit 175/ spikes every night, but does not now taking more Beta Blocker Carvedilol before bed. I got another health issue by treating my cancer! At my age my Gerontologist PCP says if I can keep it down around 130/80 or so that's good.
@dottie47 Your kidneys can affect your blood pressure.
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I thought I would share something I learned a year ago when I was getting ready for surgery (female issue not lungs) and had been dealing with the aftereffects of a. Iris that left me with a cough. I keep the tea Throat Coat in our pantry for these occasions and as I was about to make a cup, I read the box panel and noticed a warning I had not seen before: “ do not use this product if you have high blood pressure”. Licorice root is one of the ingredients. Anyway, I stopped drinking the tea and my BP returned to normal for me a few days later. Are you eating or drinking anything different?