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Suggest Remedy For Heart Ailments
My Wife, had a BP 90/40 with a high pulse rate.She does have asthma for some many years. That day no Asthma attacks. Gave her Diazem-30 one tablet, much better in the morning. She has palpitations at times (twice / thrice a year). She is always on the Low BP side. Any suggestions? Thanking you. Len.
Mon, 23 Jan 2017
HelloLen!
Thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that her actual blood pressure values are a little low. From the other hand, her symptoms could be related to a cardiac arrhythmia.
That is why I would recommend consulting with her doctor and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG and a cardiac ultrasound
- an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring to examine better her heart rhythm trends and exclude arrythmia
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- complete blood count for anemia.
Meanwhile, I would recommend continue taking Diazem, because betablockers would be not well tolerated because of asthma.
Hope to have been helpful!
Wishing good health,
Dr. Iliri
Thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that her actual blood pressure values are a little low. From the other hand, her symptoms could be related to a cardiac arrhythmia.
That is why I would recommend consulting with her doctor and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG and a cardiac ultrasound
- an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring to examine better her heart rhythm trends and exclude arrythmia
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- complete blood count for anemia.
Meanwhile, I would recommend continue taking Diazem, because betablockers would be not well tolerated because of asthma.
Hope to have been helpful!
Wishing good health,
Dr. Iliri
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