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Nosebleed due to High Blood Pressure

My 75 year old mother has had high blood pressure for many years and has been taking Amlodipine (5mg) for it. For the last 4 nights consequetively she has had nosebleed due to high BP (it went up to 110/190). The doctor cauterized her nose and started her on Cozaar (100 mg) a couple of days ago but she still had a nosebleed yesterday (not... Read more Chevron

posted 02/19/2008, comments (2)|

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high blood pressure due to too much sex?

My boyfriend and I are in a long distance relationship. So, when we get to see each other we have a sex numberous times during the period of our visits. last time he was at my house for 4 days with sex at least two times a day. My grandpa was checking our blood pressures for the fun of it and Cash's was really high for our age. So, when he got... Read more Chevron

posted 02/12/2008, comment (1)|

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Erratic blood pressure readings

My 20 year old daughter was in the ER last night and got different readings in her blood pressure when she sat, stood and laid down. She is concerned that she has a heart problem that is causing this. The hospital was very unclear on what this could be causing this. She was diagnoised with a bad Urinary tract infection, which was... Read more Chevron

posted 02/12/2008, comments (2)|

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Early morning BP rise!

My wife has been taking BP meds for years but of late, she has been having readings like 186/120 and 156/104. We have consulted our doctor and he has changed her meds. I was just wondering if anyone out in the community has had such problems and what were your solutions. My wifes' readings go down with he morning meds. ... Read more Chevron

posted 02/07/2008, comments (2)|

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What is normal blood pressure for Children

My 12 yr old is seeing a specialist right now because of growth issues. She is 4 ft 4 in and weighs 55 lbs. Since 6yrs of age her weight has been between 52 - 55. Her height has not progress well either. At age 6 she was 3 ft 9 inches. The doctors are checking for several... Read more Chevron

posted 01/23/2008, comment (1)|

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