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What Causes Increased BP Levels And Swelling In Ankles?
My husband is 6' tall, weighs 225 lb, and is 49 yr old. His blood pressure was 190 over 110 when checked last week. RecentlyI notice a wheezing/whistling in his breathing (at rest) after sexual relations. I also notice that he gets swelling in his ankles from time to time. He is on no medications. He is unwilling to see the physician.
hi, due to high blood [pressure from many years , most likely his heart is affected breathlessness during sex and pedal edema indicate that heart in not fullywell a 2 d echo should be done iimmidiately to see the hypertrophy of the left ventricle of heart and to see the pumping capacity of the heart called lvef
donot neglect the symptoms and ask him to take blood pressure medications other wise he can land up in cardiac ailments thanks
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What Causes Increased BP Levels And Swelling In Ankles?
hi, due to high blood [pressure from many years , most likely his heart is affected breathlessness during sex and pedal edema indicate that heart in not fullywell a 2 d echo should be done iimmidiately to see the hypertrophy of the left ventricle of heart and to see the pumping capacity of the heart called lvef donot neglect the symptoms and ask him to take blood pressure medications other wise he can land up in cardiac ailments thanks