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| Guest |
 Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:20 am |
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Hi All,
I have recently had a blood pressure reading taken on a home digital
meter (wrist cuff) - this is an unusual occurrence for me, but it
correlates with another reading taken a couple of years ago (that I
didn't follow up): it was 150/75. I'm 36 years old and quit smoking
last year, although for the 3 years previous to that I had a very
light habit (1-2 cigarettes a day). I exercise regularly - although
I'm currently only exercising lightly due to a calf injury, my normal
weekly load would be: 5 days cycle-commuting for about 15km a day; 2
hour long (very strenuous) 5-a-side football games; 1km (or
thereabouts) of pool swimming; 1 or 2 long off-road cycles, normally
in the 30-50km range, normally with 1-2km of total vertical ascent.
I'm 1m85 tall and I weigh 93kg. I have some family history - well,
certainly among my uncles - of mild hypertension (although that may be
linked to a general love of good food and fine wine!) and my father
suffered a fatal MI aged 69, but that is the only heart-attack that I
know of in the family, my grandfather having died after a fall from a
ladder aged 73.
What is the likely cause of the abnormally high systolic reading?
Should I be worried?
Cheers - Adam... |
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| Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD |
| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:14 pm |
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neighbor adamomitcheney@kiwis.co.uk wrote:
Quote:
Hi All,
I have recently had a blood pressure reading taken on a home digital
meter (wrist cuff) - this is an unusual occurrence for me, but it
correlates with another reading taken a couple of years ago (that I
didn't follow up): it was 150/75. I'm 36 years old and quit smoking
last year, although for the 3 years previous to that I had a very
light habit (1-2 cigarettes a day). I exercise regularly - although
I'm currently only exercising lightly due to a calf injury, my normal
weekly load would be: 5 days cycle-commuting for about 15km a day; 2
hour long (very strenuous) 5-a-side football games; 1km (or
thereabouts) of pool swimming; 1 or 2 long off-road cycles, normally
in the 30-50km range, normally with 1-2km of total vertical ascent.
I'm 1m85 tall and I weigh 93kg. I have some family history - well,
certainly among my uncles - of mild hypertension (although that may be
linked to a general love of good food and fine wine!) and my father
suffered a fatal MI aged 69, but that is the only heart-attack that I
know of in the family, my grandfather having died after a fall from a
ladder aged 73.
What is the likely cause of the abnormally high systolic reading?
Essential hypertension.
Quote: Should I be worried?
It is a concern.
Would suggest you inform your doctor about your high blood pressure so
that treatment can start to keep you from having a premature
cardiovascular event.
Andrew <><
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
http://EmoryCardiology.com |
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| Jim Chinnis |
| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:04 pm |
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adamomitcheney@kiwis.co.uk wrote in part:
Quote: What is the likely cause of the abnormally high systolic reading?
Should I be worried?
You should keep records for a while to see if the reading was a fluke , a
rare high one, or fairly typical. If that kind of reading repeats you should
see your doctor. Be sure you have been sitting still a while before taking
the readings and have the arm relaxed at the level of the heart.
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Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA |
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