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My 3 ways to immediately lower my blood pressure - wine is one
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Aug 30, 2021 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
Clark (@clark711), I looked into the web site you suggested. It provides no explanation of its status in its discipline -- pulmonology, which focuses primarily on lungs and the diseases that threaten them. I was also struck by the site's obvious sales pitches, perhaps designed to attract patients, so I looked into ownership of the web site and found it to be the product of a relatively new pulmonology practice near a new hospital located a few miles from Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia (NOVA). As with most advertising, I find it no more trustworthy than political rhetoric, which also shows up on this web site by disputing scientific information about the role of carbon dioxide in global warming.
Given Nova Pulmonology's written materials and pointed political views, I will be looking toward recognized medical research groups (like the National Institutes of Health) for information about the benefits and disadvantages of carbon dioxide in human physiology.
Martin
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Good thinking, Clark. But I'm a little confused about a diastolic pressure of 125. That's very high for diastolic. Most medical professionals want diastolic to remain below 100, with systolic (usually the first number) no higher than the 140s. Like you, I spend a lot of time tracking down information on the Internet. What I find is most helpful in formulating questions to put to my medical team. I'm not comfortable following my own interpretations of what I find in references on the Internet -- or in the library, for that matter. Your focus on this measure or that measure -- and your decisions on how to deal with changes in them -- provides good fodder for a discussion with trained medical practitioners. Martin
Martin,
I definitely misspoke. My Diastolic target is about 75 or so. I was talking about one, but quoted the other.
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Martin,Thanks for the reply.
My primary interest is how best to keep my Diastolic pressure low, 125 or less. I mentioned CO2 because I saw more than one site stating that higher levels of CO2 dilated the arteries, keeping BP lower. Breathing into a bag seemed to work for me, although a very unscientific test. I remain focused on how best to keep my Diastolic pressure from rising, thereby also causing my Systolic pressure to increase, maintaining the same pulse pressure to keep a constant blood flow