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“It’s 120 over 80,” your doctor says. But what does your blood pressure reading mean? Watch great health videos that don’t suck: http://www.healthguru.com
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what are side effects ?
I think you mean Norvasc (amlodipine). Yes, Norvasc is an effective treatment for high blood pressure.
Amlodipine is in a group of drugs called calcium channel blockers. It relaxes (widens) blood vessels and improves blood flow.
Amlodipine is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) or chest pain (angina).
The side effects of Norvasc are:
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as: feeling like you might pass out; swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet; chest pain; slow, fast, or pounding heartbeats; easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness; numbness, burning, pain, or tingly feeling; or jaundice (yellowing of your skin or eyes).
Less serious Norvasc side effects may include: headache; drowsiness, depression, nervousness; dizziness, spinning sensation; warmth or redness under your skin; nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, loss of appetite; diarrhea, constipation; urinating more than usual; sleep problems (insomnia); strange dreams; mild skin rash or itching; joint or muscle pain; dry mouth, thirst, increased sweating; or weight changes.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Tell your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect.
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/norvasc.html
Other classes of drugs are also available and if one class doesn’t control your blood pressure well your doctor will most likely change you on to another medicine.
http://www.drugs.com/condition/hypertension.html
Since my youth I have high blood pressure. Now I am feeling it. Are there any natural treatment / Cure for this? Like any diet, exercise etc
Any thing
High blood pressure seldom produces any symptoms,rarely even the classically assumed headaches,except at very high and very dangerous levels. It is now believed that in most patients who presented with headaches and happened to have raised BP noted this was little more than a coincidence.
One of the reasons that treatment for hypertension needs to be clearly established and the diagnosis absolutely confirmed either by up to 6 months of monitoring or 24 trace analysis, is that many of the treatments make the otherwise well patient feel unwell. Many of the drugs can produce impotence and many result in postural symptoms.
For these reasons it is important that you establish whether you have a real problem or an imagined one.If your BP is in fact elevated,but you fall short of having a BP issue short of the diagnosis of hypertension,then being no more than your ideal weight,taking regular vigorous exercise and reducing salt,may all reduce your pressure and avoid you moving into the range of patients that do require pharmacology. Once reached medication is usually unavoidable.
The result of the blood pressure reading at the doctor’s office is very important. The reading is recorded and if it is abnormal, a form of treatment is discussede, based on this one reading yet the way the doctor’s assistant take the blood pressure reading if improper could produce an incorrect reading. Some take it with arms down, some with arms extended, and others with the patient standing up. Each produced varying results. Isn’t it the correct way to have the arm patient sitting with the arm the same level as the heart?
blood pressure is usually measured while you are seated with your arm resting on a table. Your arm should be slightly bent so that it is at the same level as your heart. The upper arm should be bare, with your sleeve comfortably rolled up.
Blood pressure readings are measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and usually given as 2 numbers. For example, 110 over 70 (written as 110/70).
* The top number is the systolic blood pressure reading. It represents the maximum pressure exerted when the heart contracts.
* The bottom number is the diastolic blood pressure reading. It represents the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest.
To obtain your blood pressure measurement, your health care provider will wrap the blood pressure cuff snugly around your upper arm, positioning it so that the lower edge of the cuff is 1 inch above the bend of the elbow.
The health care provider will locate the large artery on the inside of the elbow by feeling for the pulse and will place the head of the stethoscope over this artery, below the cuff. It should not rub the cuff or any clothing because these noises may block out the pulse sounds. Correct positioning of the stethoscope is important to get an accurate recording.
Your health care provider will close the valve on the rubber inflating bulb and then will squeeze it rapidly to inflate the cuff until the dial or column of mercury reads 30 mmHg higher than the usual systolic pressure. If the usual systolic pressure is unknown, the cuff is inflated to 210 mmHg.
Next, the valve is opened slightly, allowing the pressure to fall gradually (2 to 3 mmHg per second). As the pressure falls, the level on the dial or mercury tube at which the pulsing is first heard is recorded. This is the systolic pressure.
As the air continues to be let out, the sounds will disappear. The point at which the sound disappears is recorded. This is the diastolic pressure (the lowest amount of pressure in the arteries as the heart rests).
The procedure may be performed two or more times.
Please see Google search for more details on Measurement of blood pressure.
anyway, my dad has blood pressure and hes 47!
Im afraid of losing him =[
thats why….
***What are the risks of high blood pressure?
and how do you lower blood pressure?***
so theres a high chance hes gonna have a heart stroke?? what if hes stressing out??
Blood pressure:
Best: "some data indicate that 115/75 mm Hg (systolic/diastolic) is best". Normal: below 120/80 mm Hg. Hypertension: greater than 140 mmm Hg/90 mmHg.
High blood pressure risks
High blood pressure makes your heart work harder and, over time, can damage blood vessels throughout your body. If the blood vessels in your kidneys are damaged, they may stop removing wastes and extra fluid from your body. The extra fluid in your blood vessels may then raise blood pressure even more. It’s a dangerous cycle.
High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of kidney failure, also commonly called end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Still don’t worry, there are some simple home remedies that is enough for most of the cases of high blood pressure. Still not controled then have medication and if you are interested then there are many alternative treatments available for hypertension.
These are all available in one single site, you can visit for details:
Im 38 weeks and i had a doc visit today and my blood pressure was high and they double checked it to make sure. My doc has scheduled me an apt for tues just to get my blood pressure checked and she said that if it dosent go down well talk about it then. What usually happens? Im nervous to hear what she has to tell me so i want to be prepared what she will more than likely do and say.
When I got high blood pressure, the only way they could get it to go down was to induce me.
Thanks!
There are several foods that you can use to lower your blood pressure, and the great thing about doing it with diet is that you avoid the extra expense and side effects of prescriptions.
Some of them are:
Very dark chocolate with no added milk
Cold water fish like salmon
Garlic - this one is great and very effective
Water - trust me. Increase your water intake and see for yourself
Increasing your intake of leafy and high fiber vegetables while shifting toward lean meat choices is also effective. Cutting down on the salt is also useful.
I know this sounds ridiculous. i’m 16 years old, and i think i have high blood pressure. only because whenever i just even do the smallest activity like walking up the stairs, i kinda lose my breath. and then when i run i feel like my heart’s going to explode and i can’t breathe. i’ve ran cross country and track for two years already too.. do i have high blood pressure? if so, what can i do?
High blood pressure usually causes no symptoms.
Even if high blood pressure does cause symptoms, the symptoms are usually mild and nonspecific (vague, or suggesting many different disorders).
Thus, high blood pressure often is labeled "the silent killer."
People who have high blood pressure typically don’t know it until their blood pressure is measured.
Sometimes people with high blood pressure have the following symptoms:
Headache
Dizziness
Blurred vision
Nausea
People often do not seek medical care until they have symptoms arising from the organ damage caused by chronic (ongoing, long-term) high blood pressure. The following types of organ damage are commonly seen in chronic high blood pressure:
Heart attack
Heart failure
Stroke or "mini stroke" (transient ischemic attack, TIA)
Kidney failure
Eye damage with loss of vision
Peripheral arterial disease
Outpouchings of the aorta, called aneurysms
Here is a whole article about teens and high bp:
http://highbloodpressure.about.com/od/highbloodpressure101/a/high-bp-teens.htm
There have been several articles written on the subject. Try Googling teens high blood pressure
Good Morning America news story about a medical study indicating the reduction of blood pressure from one chiropractic adjustment.
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About 73.6 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure. One in three adults has high blood pressure. Children are now being diagnosed with this silent killer. Don’t be one of the statistics! Learn how to reserve hypertension thry the use of simple natural remedies.
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