People Who Are Friend/Family
Low Blood pressure evenings
For the last 3 months my friend has been experiencing a headache (2pm 7pm) , some times mild other times very strong. After hearing about his problems I suggested taking blood pressure several times a day. His blood pressure in the morning and at mid day is an average of 111/71 and today in the evening his bp was 84/67 with a strong headache. He... Read more
posted 03/20/2008, comment (1)|
high blood pressure and exercise
my mother has high blood pressure, she's overweight. I keep telling her to go jogging with me, but she always brings up her high blood pressure. when she has gone with me, she will not jog, because of her blood pressure. she says she needs to start slow, i agree, but slow does not mean walking for a week she doesn't really pick... Read more
posted 03/03/2008, comment (1)|
extremely high systolic reading
A family friend recently died from a heart attack. He hadn't seen a doctor in years, but had seen a physician for flu symptoms about 10 days before he died. They took his blood pressure and told him the systolic was 280. He did not remember the diastolic. In restrospect, should a pressure that high have raised red flags... Read more
posted 02/26/2008, comments (3)|
Question about a 52 year old Male Endurance Athlete with very low blood pressure
Dear Dr. I have a question concerning one of my athletes. He's a 52 year old male, very actively training for marathons and triathlons. In my cycling classes when we perform some LT - VO2max intervals mixed into a relatively tough 1hr session, his HR Avg may only be ~110-118, a Max HR of 140. I would expect at the... Read more
posted 02/25/2008, comment (1)|
