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Suggest Ways Of Maintaining Ideal BP Levels
Hi .. I have just been to the doctors this morning. I have been suffering headaches, dizzyness, fainting feeling & white fuzzy stars in my eyes also slight chest pains with tingling in my fingers. My blood pressure was 104/44. I have been told to drink more water & eat a bit healthier although I do eat a healthy diet, regularly excerise etc. I have been feeling very lathargic lately as though I cant be bothered and my legs have been feeling heavy & weak. Could you suggest anything else I can do to enchance the change in my blood pressure level. I am 41 yrs old. female. smoker of 10 a day (have cut down to prepare to stop) & only drink 1 - 2 glasses RED wine every other night .Many thanks
Tue, 22 Jan 2019
Hello,
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms seem to be related to low blood pressure.
Coming to this point, I would recommend increasing salt intake and fluids intake. It is also necessary for avoiding prolonged standing up position and in high humidity places.
I would also recommend performing some tests in order to investigate for the possible causes:
- complete blood count for anemia
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid gland dysfunction
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalances
- cortisol and aldosterone plasma levels for possible adrenal gland dysfunction.
You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka,
Cardiologist
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms seem to be related to low blood pressure.
Coming to this point, I would recommend increasing salt intake and fluids intake. It is also necessary for avoiding prolonged standing up position and in high humidity places.
I would also recommend performing some tests in order to investigate for the possible causes:
- complete blood count for anemia
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid gland dysfunction
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalances
- cortisol and aldosterone plasma levels for possible adrenal gland dysfunction.
You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka,
Cardiologist
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