Blood Presure And Alcohol Abuse ..... Posted: 11-15-07 19:18pm
how long does it take your blood presure
to go down from alcohol abuse ?? i.e stop
drinking
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MandMs
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Posted: 11-16-07 07:02am
What are the highest blood pressure
readings you had?
Do you have blood pressure problems due to
chronic alcoholisms or you just had an
excessive intake?
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ashodd
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Posted: 11-16-07 09:34am
well excessive intake for the past 5
months ... cant remember my blood pressure
as it was the first time i have it taken.
It was something lik 160over 120/110 but i
really can not remember. By the way im 19.
its just i went to the doc on wed and they
were really suprised with how high it was
and im going again today and they are
going to take it again. They said they
iwll have to take blood samples and all
kinds if it was that high again which i
really do not want ! Thanks for replying
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MandMs
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Posted: 11-20-07 03:51am
In general terms, people with a systolic
blood pressure consistently above 160mmHg
and/or a diastolic pressure over 100mmHg
need treatment to lower their blood
pressure.
High alcohol intake can cause and
seriously aggravate hypertension and
increase the risk of complications
(uncontrolled high blood pressure
increases the risk of problems such as
stroke, aneurysm, heart failure, heart
attack, eye and kidney damage).
Do you have severe headaches?
Do you feel fatigue?
Do you have blurred vision?
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 11-20-07 07:12am
MandMs
wrote:
In general terms, people
with a systolic blood pressure
consistently above 160mmHg and/or a
diastolic pressure over 100mmHg need
treatment to lower their blood pressure.
High alcohol intake can cause and
seriously aggravate hypertension and
increase the risk of complications
(uncontrolled high blood pressure
increases the risk of problems such as
stroke, aneurysm, heart failure, heart
attack, eye and kidney damage).
Do you have severe headaches?
Do you feel fatigue?
Do you have blurred
vision?
Everything "MandMs" said is true.
Hypertenstion can lead to some life long
misery. I say with a BP that high, you
need to stop drinking ASAP. I have
hyepertension and am on a beta blocker but
I do not drink.
Carrie
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ashodd
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Posted: 12-07-07 04:50am
Thank you very much for your information,
that kind of hit home hard. I would supose
these presure lowering drugs you have to
take have side effects ? No Headaches but
i put that down to high water intake, no
fatigue. But scarly every now and then i
do have blured spots in my right eye but
rubing it gets ride of it.
Could you tell me more for why this
happens ?
Anymore information on the sideeffects of
high blood presure
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ashodd
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Posted: 12-07-07 05:12am
I would also like to add i used to smoke
weed everyday for about 2 years stopping
totally about 6 months ago (when i started
drinking), i mention this because having
just read a few things about high presure
smoking is another thing that courses high
presure so i may have had high presure for
longer than i actually thought. How long
can you have high blood presure before it
stays high after the person stops all
courses of high presure e.g. drinking,
smoking etc. Would this be down to the the
cells changing in the arteries lining?
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ashodd
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Posted: 12-07-07 05:15am
p.s. thank you very much for your
information i find it of a great help and
has made me think about my life style ...
maybe time to change my young stupid ways
while im young and have the will power.
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MandMs
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Posted: 12-17-07 08:41am
You are welcome anytime!
I'm glad you are thinking of your health
and that you are aware of harmfulness of
drinking and smoking.
You are young and I guess you'll need only
good lifestyle to fight the hypertension.
Symptoms of hypertension may be mild and
vague (non-specific) and also, many people
are unaware they have hypertension until
it is accidentally found at a doctor visit
or they develop complications of
hypertension.
Headache, especially morning one, ringing
sensation in one or both ears, dizziness,
confusion are all symptoms of high blood
pressure.
Have you experienced graying-out of your
vision, especially when rising from a
lying or sitting position, or transient
flickering as if rapidly toggling a light
switch?
