There are a few reasons that your blood pressure might be shooting around.
First, do you ever test to see if your bladder has much residual urine? If you
have a few hundred CCs can cause your blood pressure to be high. Your bowels can
have an equally upsetting effect on your blood pressure. Pain can also run your
blood pressure up. If any of these are bad enough they can trigger Autonomic
Disreflexia. This is where your Autonomic nervous system freaks out. Blood
pressure sky rockets, becomes hard to breath, your heart races, headache is
unbearable until you stroke. This is usually followed by a heart attack.
Sure wish I could remember the name of the blood pressure medication I use
to keep on hand? It was used in the 50's to bring down blood pressure but rarely
prescribed because it slams the BP down fast and hard. It gives you about an
hour to alleviate whatever is causing the high BP. If anyone knows Dr. Randall
Braddom, a physiatrist, he will surely have the answer. Last I heard, he
was in New Jersey. He may be retired but damn, he was a smart Dr.
john
In a message dated 5/28/2005 7:58:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Have you
talked to a cardiologist about it? It can't be good to have it
bouncing around all over the
place.
Dana
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From: "Eric Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dana Miller"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "quad" <[email protected]>
Sent:
Saturday, May 28, 2005 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] blood
pressure
>I have the same problem Dana. My pressure is
really low in the chair but
>shoots through the roof as soon as I get
in bed. That's why I don't use
>any medications for my low
pressure problems. I used to take ephedrine to
>help with low
pressure but no pharmacies around here will fill
>prescriptions for it
anymore.
> Eric
>
> Dana Miller wrote:
>
>>
My BP has been all over the map the last couple of years. I used to
>> routibnely be 90/60 give or take even 80/50+ was normal.
Since I got
>> home from my last skin flap it is not unusual fot me
to be 150/98, then
>> get in my chair and it would drop to 90/60 or
there abouts. Lately my
>> weekly
>> nurse has been
taking it while in my chair and this last week was
>> 150+/98. Yet
at the doc office 2 days before was (with one of those
>> machine
type things that take your pulse etc.) 100/70+.
>>
>> I took
my blood pressure 3 times during my morning routine for a
>>
week--first when my attendant got here--was always very high. Then after
>> breakfast and on my back--went down a little. Last about 10
minutes in
>> my chair, and it would be "normally" low. I
showed it to my rehab doc
>> and he did not have much to say because
if he gave me something to bring
>> it down, I would pass out
in my chair.
>>
>> Now it seems to be consistantly higher
for my "low" readings. This has
>> been going on for several
years--the really high readings while in bed,
>> but always went
back down to normal after I would get up. Lately the
>> 'low'
readings are not as low. It has been quite a while since I have
>> had even a 90/60!
>> I am going to see and
indocrinologist (sp?) in june to make sure myblood
>> levels and
enzymes etc are all good. Got really sick last week and had a
>> strange rash that ran from my groin area up to my belly button
and up my
>> sides about halfway. The actual sickness only
lasted 1 day, but the rash
>> took 4-5 days to leave. At least
the doc got to see it. Whatever it is,
>> it was out of the
realm of my rehab doc! --like he should know
>> "everything"!
:o)
>>
>> my 2 cents,
>>
>>
Dana
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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