high blood pressure with blurred vision

[kdkidney]

I've been reading up on the posts involving a spike in BP after eating.  I experience the same thing about 2 hrs. after eating, however with the spike my vision becomes extremely blurry and lasts for 3-4 hours.  Working has become VERY challenging.  I'm am 45 yrs. old and not over or under weigh and in good physical condition.  My father has high BP and his father died at 47 due to high BP complications.  My doctor doesn't seem to think it's very concerning.  Frustrating and scary.

[NTB]

I know that some foods trigger BP rises in some people. I assume you've experimented with:
- no food
- eliminating certain foods

plus, if you react to that food, I'd suppose you can't necessarily distinguish between symptoms that occur as a result of the BP increase, and those that might occur as a direct reaction to the food itself

with your family history, I'd get a BP cuff - maybe the manual one with a stethoscope attached right to the cuff.  ~$20

[kdkidney]

In the mornings my BP has been 120/60.  After eating around 9/10am I can feel the change in BP within 2 hours....blurred vision, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating and really have to concentrate when talking.  I work weekend where I have access to a BP cuff and have monitored throughout the day.  It's not been any higher than 150/90 when I feel these symptoms, but the blurred vision is the biggest frustration because it lasts for hours.  

[NTB]

well, if that's your pressure when you say it is spiking, that's not high enough for a doc to generally get alarmed about - unless you were normally much lower. Say, if you went from 90/60 to 145/90, then the change is great.

But if you don't have a monitor, how do you know your BP spikes after meals?

I would be concerned if I were you, too. Have you tried the DASH diet, which you can read online?

[kdkidney]

BP is 145/90.  I was put on BP med. can't remember the name.  Dosage is 25 mg daily which isn't doing any good. I do not have my own BP monitor.

[NTB]

how high does your BP get?

When vision gets affected by high BP, that could qualify as a hypertensive emergency. In such a case, you get to the ER and they give meds (such as IV nitroprusside) to bring it down quickly but at a controlled rate.

If I were you, I'd read up on "hypertensive emergency".

You risk not only retina damage, but also kidney, heart and also brain (stroke) etc.

Do you have your own BP monitor? How high do you get?

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/nephrology/hypertensive-crises/