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blood pressure
by cpontius, Apr 08, 2006 12:00AM
I am 55 year old female. 5'4" 113 lbs. exercise regularly. I take no medication. I sometimes have svt. About once a month and it lasts about two to three minutes. I wore a holter moniter and my heart rate got up to about 220. the dr. said I didn't need any medication that I was in great shape. Lately I have been dizzy. I have been taking my blood pressure and it is around 90/50, sometimes as low as 85/45. is this harmful or O.K>
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Apr 08, 2006 12:00AM
, Apr 08, 2006 12:00AM
cpontis,
While your blood pressure is on the lower side it is not completely out of the normal range, and given your history is probably normal. The real question is whether your BP correlates with your symptoms. There are some medical causes of chronic hypotension, but they tend to run with people that are more symptomatic.
For starters I would keep a log of your blood pressures and symptoms. Your dizziness is concerning and I would first want to see if it correlates. I would use your log and your symptoms in your discussion with your physician.
Good luck
While your blood pressure is on the lower side it is not completely out of the normal range, and given your history is probably normal. The real question is whether your BP correlates with your symptoms. There are some medical causes of chronic hypotension, but they tend to run with people that are more symptomatic.
For starters I would keep a log of your blood pressures and symptoms. Your dizziness is concerning and I would first want to see if it correlates. I would use your log and your symptoms in your discussion with your physician.
Good luck
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!
Erik
I have IST (recorded long periods) and NCS. My bp was low before being put on beta and calcium channel blockers, it actually went higher at that point (a healthy rise), because it slowed my heart and made for more effective pumping. Also, for the NCS I was put on salt tabs (I stopped and just make sure to have a high salt diet) and make an effort a keeping hydrated, this helps with the low bp, too.
I don't recommend you do anything w/o talking to your cardio, other than making sure to keep well hydrated.
I'm like you, though, I really have to force myself to drink and usually in doing so I get 32-40 oz. If I could drink what I wanted I would drink 2 cups a day, that's it. A tech that did a CT scan on me said he finds that fair complected people often are this way. Don't know if you are or not, but my mom was and she hated drinking, too.
Something just came to mind, when I was in the shower yesterday I had a heart rate of 126 bpm and I was so thirsty. I almost always have a heart rate of 120 or over in the shower even tho it is only luke warm. Now, that brings to mind that there are times when I am feeling thirsty that I find I am in tachy. I need a "cold" drink then, when any other time I drink it room temp. I don't mouth breath from it, so don't know why. Maybe I should go back to taking the gross salt tabs? Nah. LOL
Very interesting, anacyde.