How do you know if you are taking too many antihypertensives to treat your hypertension?
Q. also... do hot weather make your blood pressure lower? umm I am only 26 and without meds its above 150/110 and with meds its great -I just wanted to know how low is too low.
Asked by Caily - Mon Jul 7 17:39:26 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. When you are HYPOtensive...you know, when it is TOO low. Hot weather might lower your pressure one or two points, but remember, if it did lower blood pressure, your doctor would tell you to adjust your meds during the summer and they would tell you to either move to a warmer climate or turn the heat up in your house when you are first diagnosed. I would NOT follow the advice of "Mrs.Doubtfire", to do so would be very dangerous to your health. Obviously he/she has not seen nor cared for patients that have had uncontrolled hypertension and are now on kidney dialysis (kidneys are destroyed by prolonged excessively high blood pressure). I am currently caring for a 40 year old woman that had stopped taking her blood pressure meds and had… [cont.]
Answered by Marzsaetel - Mon Jul 7 17:46:34 2008

what are the cuases of hypertension in postop patient especially in mastectomy?
Q. the patient is just returned from the the recovery room following a right radical mastectomy. has a history of metastatic breast cancer and a left mastectomy. has a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus(non insulin dependent) which is managed with oral hypoglycaemic. has a history of hypertension and managed with antihypertensives so wht are potential implication for patient's hypertension? wht could be causing patient's BP high and why? and the management of hypertension
Asked by zuber c - Sat Jan 13 02:08:46 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Did she stop taking her hypertensive meds right before surgery? Patients are kept "nothing by mouth" prior to surgery, so depending on whether or not her doctor ordered intravenous blood pressure medications, she may not have had her medication. Or she could be in pain. Acute pain causes a rise in the blood pressure.
Answered by nurse07 - Sat Jan 13 03:04:11 2007

Help, have hypothyroidism and need some answers?
Q. I have had hypothyroidism for yrs and been on synthroid 1mcg , my current TSH level is 2.91 (.34-4.82) is normal, anyway, I feel far from "normal" my hair is falling out, I'm cold mostly in the evenings, I have elevated lipids, hypertension,anemia, elevated homocysteine level, insomnia, muscle aches that's partly why I can't sleep is the pain, I'm still 40 lbs over wt. I will go back to my GP in about a week anybody else have these problems ? I went to about.com and it's all there about my symptoms my Dr. wants to treat me with Antihypertensives, Vit., Iron, Lipid lowering agents, I think since the thyroid disease causes these symptoms that's what he should treat. There isn't a thyroid Dr. within hundreds of miles where I live. Please… [cont.]
Asked by me2huh - Tue Sep 4 22:26:46 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, those are all hypo symptoms. Your TSH of 2.91 is too high. Most feel best with the morning TSH around 1.0. TSH needs to always be done first thing in the morning or you may not get the correct dosage. With your symptoms, there's a chance that you are converting enough T4 into T3 and may be helped by adding T3. This can be done by adding a small about of Cytomel or switching to Armour or Thyrolar. I started out on Levoxyl. It did nothing for my symptoms. Eventually I added 5 mcg's of Cytomel and it helped about 75% of my symptoms. I am now on Armour and it has helped about 95% of my symptoms. I only have ridged fingernails and cold feet at night. Below are links that may help. Getting your levels right should help with the… [cont.]
Answered by DNA - Thu Sep 6 10:56:19 2007