Re: Help needed with BP readings.

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It's a bit of a minefield but I'll try my best (from experience)

Only ever check BP when completely relaxed, sitting down and arm at heart level.

Once first thing in the morning and last thing at night, same time, same place

as near as damnit. This will give you your *average* BP/pulse average only works

for the previous week. ie what your BP/pulse was last week doesnt matter, its

what it is now that matters.

Pulse is distinct from BP in that BP can go up and down like a yoyo during the

day but pulse will always be within a small range, and so pulse issues are

different from BP issues.

Doctors (in general) are like the worst mechanics you could have the misfortune

to meet. They have no time, interest or inlcination in sorting us out. They are

trained, brainwashed, to treat symptoms and not causes. If a drug is not called

for they don't want to know. The BP meds, and there are many, are trial and

error, some work for some but not others, and vice versa. Your doc is right you

either take them or not, it's a regime not a smartie. BEFORE you take ANY drugs

you should establish WHY your BP is up and then try natural remedies first,

garlic, chocolate, tomatoes, beetroot juice are all good for BP but you need to

take them as you would pills, so on a regular basis.

It doesnt really matter what your BP is in between the morning or evening, you

just need to establish reference points and stick with them. Once you have your

averages you can then start trials on meds, salt, natural remedies etc and you

will see almost instant results in your BP log. I'd thoroughly recommend

http://www.my-blood-pressure.com/

for logging as it works out all your averages and pulse pressure too, which is

not the pulse, that's another thing entirely.

An ideal reference BP would be around 120/80 p 60 but give or take ten points

either way is fine and one should not become obsessed with that *ideal* we're

all different and it's as harmful forcing a low BP as it is having a high BP.

So remember it doesnt matter what we eat, drink or do in the day we should only

check BP first and last, that's the only one that counts. Otherwise as you have

found out you'll drive yourself nuts

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> HI ALL

> Can anyone help as to what would be correct BP readings for a person of 67.

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HI AMANDA

The reading you quote from wiki was my reading last night, but I am wondering if

the fact that I had to increase the Prednisolone back up after my trip to

Marwell had caused me to have bad muscle pain again, but overnight the pulse can

drop down to 57 bpm, and has been known to drop down to the 40's bpm.

The salt pipe has himalayan salt in it which you breath in and it helps ones

lungs, but you can also add a drop of something else that can help clear ones

lungs, but the peppermint oil was a wee bit to strong with only one drop, and it

appears to stay with the salt, but wish I had not added anything to it.

I presume it to be normal for ones pulse to drop overnight as one is not active,

but with me the BP rises if my pulse drops.

I am going to experiment with this pipe, as I have now found out that puffing it

can make the pulse rise and the BP fall, but only in the night.

Sometimes I also get out of breath in the night, so could this in turn be a

response (natural) to up ones pulse if it drops too much in the night.

I feel worse in the mornings which may well be due to my pulse dropping, so

perhaps using this pipe in the night might make me feel better in the mornings.

The GP who did not like me taking my BP did strike me off after I had to

complain (a female).

The reason that I had to tell her was that I was on BP pills at the time.

Since them GP'S do not appear to take my BP much, but when on Pimozide which is

when my BP went up so much that I ended up on two BP pills. It is quite clear

that drugs like that do not do us any good, but I do not think they like it as I

have just turned down having another drug that I feel can cause me more

problems.

The GP who I am with at present is also a heart specialist, so should know what

he is doing.

A BP monitor can in fact be a lifesaver, but at times I have to wonder if they

want to save my life.

Kathleen

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> Kath,

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> I had a look at wiki answers and the general opinion is that blood pressue

should always be the same if possible, at 120/80 or there abouts...... no

adjustment for age.....

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> What is a salt pipe?

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