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Does 7% Saline cause Blood Pressure to go up?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Dec 9, 2023 | Replies (4)Comment receiving replies
@healthybon Bon - This topic has come up before. Here is the math:
The recommended daily allowance (RDA) for sodium is 2300 milligrams. A 4ml vial of 7% saline solution contains 280 milligrams of sodium (4ml/neb is the recommended amount. If your vials are larger, you should use 4ml and discard the rest.) So if you nebulize 1 vial per day, you get 280 mg of sodium or 12% of your RDA, 2 vials would be 24%.
Here is the computation: to make 1 liter of 7% saline, add 70 grams of salt to 1 liter of water. So, 1 ml of water contains .07 grams of salt (70/1000) or 70 milligrams. A 4ml vial contains 280 milligrams (4X70).
If you feel the benefits of the saline are important, and blood pressure is a concern, you can work to reduce the amount of sodium in the rest of your diet to compensate.
Sue
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I'm also nebulizing with the 7% saline. My resting heart rate has gone up, and so has my blood pressure. Of course, I'm not sure it's an effect of the saline. I recently had an EKG that showed no problems, so my doctor doesn't seem to be concerned. But having a resting heart rate of 90 - 100 must not be good.
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I'm wondering if digesting salt and having salt absorbed into the body through the lungs would have different absorption rates. Ever since I've started with the nebulizer with 7% saline, my skin tingles, burns and itches. I feel these sensations intensify while I'm on the nebulizer. I've heard that the body can have an auto immune response with too much salt intake which can cause a rash and itching. My medical team doesn't think so, but I'm not imagining my symptoms. I never had a problem with salt intake before.