I Have Low Blood Pressure
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Today I went to my cardiologist and she was happy with my heart, but not so much with my blood pressure. It should be 110 over 80 for someone my size, but mine was only 82 over 60. I'll have to discuss my meds with my general practitioner to see if...
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SW-User
Take your meds well :)
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SW-User
Try salted peanuts 馃槇
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SW-User
I already eat 10-15 times the daily advised dosage of salt for a healthy person. That can't be too little. 馃槣
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comfi1 路 61-69, M
That is way too low and it must be affecting you. If one of your meds is causing this it needs changing.
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SW-User
Is this a genetic problem that runs in your family?
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SW-User
Low blood pressure is indeed more common among patients with my metabolic disease than in the general population. But this is rather extreme, even for low standards.
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SW-User
Sorry to hear that. Yeah as far as I know low b.p is anything under 100/60 so your diastolic could be considered borderline. At work I handle medical records. Sometimes I come across young patients under 30 with heart conditions but most of the time it's congenital or genetic
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