Managing High Blood Pressure

♥ Chris’s Mommy ♥ asked:


So I am going to try my hardest not to make this really long. But I do need some advice and opinions on this, so I will provide as much info as I can. Okay, to begin with I am Type 1 Diabetic.. I am also 27 weeks pregnant. I keep my blood sugars under control and see a doctor for my diabetes and pregnancy along with my OB/GYN. Other than the diabetes, I have no medical problems, and none run in my family either. The diabetes came from me being very sick, not from a family member.

My unborn babies father has high blood pressure. He manages it well and takes medication to keep it under control. His dad too has high blood pressure, along with his grandpa. They all have it under control and manage it well. Well, about 20 years ago, his mom carried a baby to full term, delivered, and didn’t know about a heart defect until the baby was born. I am not sure what exactly was wrong, but he had a heart defect and died shortly after his birth. I think it was nine days after he was born. Unfortunately, he didn’t live long.

Because of the lack of technology back then, I assume that is why they never knew of the heart defect while he was still in the womb. I am scared now for my unborn baby boy, but I have some reassurance. For one, my mom who has also been a nurse for 15 years, says that if something was wrong with his heart, with all the Ultrasounds I have had, they would have been able to tell. I get scans frequently, and the doctor always says that the baby looks great.

Should I still be concerned? Because my unborn babies fathers, baby brother died shortly after birth from a heart defect? Do you think that if they saw something, they would have said something by now? Again he would be 20 so it happened a while ago.

Any help here. Any advice, opinions, helpful. Should I also mention this to my OB? Or if she was concerned, would she have said so when she viewed the ultrasounds?

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Stephen Morgan asked:


It is very easy to come out of you Doctors Surgery (or Healthcare Practitioners Surgery) after you have been diagnosed with High Blood Pressure and admit defeat totally.

It is the easiest option to take, to just sit back and say to yourself “OK, I’ll have to come to terms with the pills then” but why should you when with a little bit of effort you can control this condition that you have?

It is probably the hardest of the options placed in front of you but isn’t the end result worth it?

It all really boils down to how badly you want it?

If your High Blood Pressure is largely brought about by being slightly over weight then isn’t the bonus of not only looking and feeling better when you lose the pounds but you actually feel a lot better from the inside out as well?

Believe me it does feel good and you do feel great afterwards.

The one important thing that you have to try understand right from the start is what are the main contributory factors that brought about the High Blood Pressure in the first place? This may not always be totally possible to find out and it might indeed be almost impossible to get by without some form of medication for the rest of your life but it is a target that is well worth aiming for.

In my case when I was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure my initial Blood Pressure reading was 216 over 160! A little on the high side I must admit and looking back on it, being told of how high my high blood pressure was at the time made me feel slightly intimidated if not a little worried.

I try not to sound too glib about this whole episode because the reading was extremely high and was (as I found out afterwards) extremely dangerous but I guess it was my ignorance of the whole condition that initially got me through that particular few days.

Concentrated and enforced bed rest, plus medication brought the blood pressure levels down to manageable proportions and then I was able to start to plan my way forward from there. Initially the medication was a mixture of amlodipine, bendroflumethiazide to act as a slight diuretic to make sure that water retention was not a major issue and additional cause of blood pressure.

Finally after a few months they prescribed a small amount of one of the new wonder drugs the Medical Fraternity is going on about one of the statins. In my case Pravastatin.

I was diagnosed with HBP in June 2001 and since then my BP levels have never been over 130/140 over 80/87. I am 48 and so quite frankly these levels would be right on the button if I can keep maintaining them.

However over the past two years the levels have been constant and my last reading was 120 over 80 and I am at present, in consultation with my Doctor, experimenting with reducing the medication.

As of the time of this first part of the article, We have managed to reduce the amlodipine and I am just taking the “Bendro” plus the statin. I have to say that increased exercise and a slight change of diet have helped. In part two of this article I will go into more detail of how I have managed to bring this all about and also the plans for the future.

So to recap. You can reduce your Blood Pressure naturally but in most cases with medication and you can do something positive about keeping it down as well.



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Ashish Jain asked:


Controlling blood pressure is the easiest thing to do, provided you know the fundamentals. It has to do much with your eating and drinking habits.

Look into the mirror. Do not see only your face. Look at your entire figure. There lies your future. How long do you think your body can go on accepting all that you stuff in, without applying any thought, just because your taste-buds like it? Do you know that overweight people have a higher chance of suffering from a stroke? Do you check your weight at regular intervals?

When you saw the weighing machine marking a fat gain of 16 pounds within a period of two months, why did you simply ignore it? It should have shocked you into action. The least you can do is find out what your weight is now and what your weight should be!

You need to be careful about what you eat as it is directly and proportionately related to your blood pressure. I agree that ‘one has to be true to the salt,’ but this does not hold true for you. You have to cut down on your intake of salt drastically, before your doctor tells you - no more salt! Avoid salty, and fried food. Adopt a diet that is low in saturated fat.

Two local remedies well known, to control high blood pressure are butter milk and lemon. Take butter milk regularly. It is good for both - low as well as high blood pressure. Lemon peel is also equally effective in high blood pressure. A shredded lemon peel may be added to soups and stews or sprinkled over your salads.

And tell me, have you stopped drinking or are you still contemplating the decision? If you have already made that decision, then let me congratulate you. But, if you think that you can not do it all at once, reduce the intake of alcohol. Just take a drink a day. If you are already under the watchful care of your family doctor, please follow their instructions sincerely. Let there be no holidays for the medicine and please keep sufficient stock in advance. If your doctor has called you this Sunday for a check up, then make sure that you reach there this Sunday itself and not, the next Monday.

Also, the doctor must have given you certain indications about the schedule of exercise that is necessary for you, such as, morning walk, light stretching exercises or light aerobics. Follow the schedule strictly. Your doctor treats hundreds of patients like you everyday. He has more practical wisdom about high blood pressure, than you. Go as per his advice and understand his treatments.

Regular check up of blood pressure is a must. You need to have such an arrangement at your home. Charts of your regular checkups will help your doctor tremendously in treating you. Let all the members of your family, your wife, and your children go for the check up, along with you, even if they do not have this ailment.

If you are taking basic precautions like controlling your diet and doing proper exercises - keep aside all imaginary worries and live a normal, relaxed life!



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My†h ß۞mber asked:


Numbers 25:3-4:
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. And the LORD said unto Moses, ‘Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.’

God’s going to end up with high blood pressure if he doesn’t learn to manage his stress..

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Article Manager asked:


High blood pressure is the deadly disease of modern times. And can cause major damage to the important organs of the body like kidney, brain, eyes and heart. But before starting the treatment, one needs to measure various things at least three to five times in a day to take down the average pressure of the remains in the day. This will help the doctor in deciding whether you need the treatment or not.

One can measure the blood pressure on his own and visit the doctor with the twice a daily record or can also take the help of professional nurse to diagnose the blood pressure. These days, doctors are reluctant in prescribing the medicines to the high blood pressure reading below the 160/100 mm Hg. In this condition the arteries are not in that much danger as they are in the second stage of high blood pressure. The another reason of avoiding the drugs for treating the high blood pressure is the possible side effects of the medicine on the other body parts.

At times, doctors also prefer to treat the high blood pressure at its early stage otherwise if it stays for long time in the body, the chances of curing the disease becomes low. Some new medicines have been introduced in the markets which are capable of controlling the high blood pressure with lighter dosage. It reduces the chances of adverse effects of the medication on the body. The doctors do not have much choice in prescribing the drugs for high blood pressure, therefore; they make the combination of some medicines together to treat the disease.

The treatment for high blood pressure is most of the times depends on the severity of the disease and whether the patient have any other related diseases like heart problems, diabetes, obesity, constipation and kidney problems etc. the chances of death, heart failure or heart attack are low when the cause of the rising blood pressure is known to the doctor. The treatment for high blood pressure is highly individualized depending upon the symptoms and causes of the disease. The changes in the faulty lifestyle are also recommended in treating the high blood pressure.

The cases of pre-hypertension are easily cured by slightly changing the eating habits, reducing the weight and limited intake of toxicants like tea and coffee; if needed some medication can also be prescribed. In the cases of sever high blood pressure, proper medication and regular check on blood pressure is needed to be done. There are many ways to treat the high blood pressure. But one should not ignore it; otherwise the condition can become worse.



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