Recently I had a sports physical (before
summer skiing), and my blood pressure was
fairly high (142/86). It has been elevated
before at the doctors office, but my
doctor said to not worry. After I got back
from skiing, I decided to monitor at home
with a mercury sphyg (taken care of very
well), and I have gotten elevated
readings, which have averaged out to about
136/85. Even though this might seem decent
for adults, I am only 15. I am in very
good shape (run daily/bi-daily 3-4 miles
XC), and have an "average" diet (1-2 diet
pepsis a day, sometimes non-diet mt dew).
I plan on talking to my parents about it,
but they do not know that I have been
monitoring for the past month and a half.
How should I approach them, and has anyone
had or seen similar experiences?
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MandMs
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Posted: 10-26-07 03:12am
Does high blood pressure runs in your
family?
Do you feel headaches?
Have you noticed some changes with your
urination?
Do you have family history of any kind of
kidney disease?
You don't need to feel uncomfortable to
share anything with your parents,
especially when is up to your health.
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patrickl
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Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 8
Posted: 12-28-07 01:15am
Ok, after a brief period my blood pressure
dropped back down to near normal level.
Then, come December, ski season kicks up
again, and it jumps back up (was 145/92
last night). School has been quite fine,
so I don't think it is stress related.
Parents are trying to get an appointment
back to the doctor's, but there are very
few times where our schedules dont
conflict. I dont want them to put me on
meds now and tell me to lay off of racing.
Would a few months hurt at all, or have a
lasting effect?
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MandMs
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Posted: 01-16-08 04:04am
Blood pressure 120/80 mmHg to 139/89 mmHg
is defined as "prehypertension" and people
with these readings are at high risk of
developing hypertension.
Hypertension is considered to be present
when a person's systolic blood pressure is
consistently 140 mmHg or greater, and/or
their diastolic blood pressure is
consistently 90 mmHg or greater.
There are some new scientific evidences
that there is so-called "exercise
hypertension".
Normally during exercise, blood pressure
increases to push the flow of oxygen-rich
blood throughout the body. In some
individuals, the response to exercise is
exaggerated. An abnormally high spike in
blood pressure will be experienced by
generally healthy people during a workout.
Some suggest that it may be an early sign
of cardiovascular disease and a risk
factor for persistent and serious high
blood pressure.
Are you experiencing high blood pressure
when you are exercising regularly 3 or 4
times a week?
Can you try not to exercise for a week or
two and track what's happening with your
pressure daily?
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patrickl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 8
Posted: 07-08-08 02:03am
Update:
A few months ago, I was running a 3k, and
on the last stretch my vision went
completely blurry and my eyes felt like
they were going to blow up. I went home,
didn't feel too good that night. Woke up
the next morning with a slight headache,
so my mom told me to get it checked out at
school. I went down to get things checked
out, and she took my blood pressure and it
was 168/115 at 8:50am. Half an hour later,
I was being rushed to the hospital. Got
there and it was still high, they ran
blood tests, EKG, urine tests, and did
monitoring over a 5 hr period. They found
nothing. They felt that it wasn't high
enough for immediate prescriptions, and
they set me up for follow up with my
doctor 3 days later. I go to my
appointment, and it is still very high. My
doctor, who I feel is a complete friend
who shouldn't have his license, treated me
like a 4 year old, drawing diagrams and
using analogies to explain what
hypertension was. Everytime I said "I
know", he cut me off and continued. He
didn't prescribe me anything, and had me
schedule a Kidney ultrasound due to the
fact that my aunt has PSK syndrome. The
results came back, but before I could
schedule a new appointment with him, he
left office. Anyway, my results came back
negative, and I scheduled with my new
primary care doctor. A week before my
schedule, my #s jumped back up, reaching
178/117 at some points, forcing us to make
a sooner appointment. Met with a nurse
practitioner, and she put me on a
surprisingly low dose of 5mg Prinivil, I'm
not sure why the low amount, but I am just
going to assume it was to see how my body
took it and how effective it was
initially. My blood pressure was still
high, 155/104 at a high average, dropping
a point every few days I continued the
Prinivil. A few days before my
appointment, it began to climb again,
point by point. My new doctor doubled it,
and it dropped down to the high 140/90s,
gradually dropping from the 150/100s. That
was a few weeks ago, and it is beginning
to rise again. At my appointment he
noticed a slight heart murmor that was
mentioned in the ER notes, so he decided
to schedule me for an echocardio which is
next week.
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