Girlfriends Headache Will Not Go Away/ Hbp Posted: 01-24-06 13:24pm
My girlfriend has had a problem over the
last week and has been to the er and
urgent care and none of the physicians can
pinpoint exactly was is wrong with her.
It all started when she had a headache
that was felt on the left side of her head
and a piercing feeling in her left eye.
The first doctor gave her a spinal tap, ct
scan and found nothing really abnormal.
Also, her blood pressure spiked up to 150
over 104 all of a sudden. Tests for
meningitis came back negative, which was
their original thought, and the
neurologist said she didn’t appear to
have anything wrong with her brain.
I.E. Stroke, blood clotting.
She was let out of the hospital and said
that the pain in her left eye had stopped,
but she still had felt a headache (most
likely from the spinal tap).
Two days later she was very dizzy while
working (she works in a hospital) and her
blood pressure was taken which was high
again (160 was the highest). Later in
the day I took her to urgent care where
her bp measurement had reached the highest
point at 190 over 107. They gave her a
shot to lower the readings resulting in a
140 range and wrote her a prescription for
atenolol and she had taken it before
bed.
However this morning she is still is
complaining about the headache and has
taken the med once again and now has to
return to the hospital.
My girlfriend is fairly active, half
african american and is in relatively in
good shape (maybe 40 pounds overweight,
but still healthy) and does not have a
family history of hbp. She doesn’t
smoke, drink alcohol and rarely drinks
caffeine, but she does drink sodas and
flavored water quite a bit. She is very
busy at work and will skip meals
sometimes.
What could be causing the sudden spike and
the headaches?
Thank you for your help!
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sandyallen
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Posted: 01-24-06 13:45pm
I am no Dr., but I do know when you have
pain that your blood pressure will rise,
is your friend under a lot of pressure and
stress aand anxiety? She does need to
eat properly, have her eyes checked. I
suffer with migranes and I use immitrex at
the onset of a migraine and it sure helps
me but we are all different, I am also
light sensitive. I sure hope your friend
gets down to the bottom of this asap, I do
realize how miserable migranes can be.
Be careful if your friend drinks diet
sodas as they have aspartame in them, you
might want to read up on that.
Good luck to your friend and you, I wish
you both the best.
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homer_simps1
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Posted: 01-24-06 14:09pm
sandyallen
wrote:
i am no Dr., but I do know
when you have pain that your blood
pressure will rise, is your friend under a
lot of pressure and stress aand anxiety?
She does need to eat properly, have her
eyes checked. I suffer with migranes
and I use immitrex at the onset of a
migraine and it sure helps me but we are
all different, I am also light sensitive.
I sure hope your friend gets down to the
bottom of this asap, I do realize how
miserable migranes can be. Be careful
if your friend drinks diet sodas as they
have aspartame in them, you might want to
read up on that.
Good luck to your friend and you, I wish
you both the
best.
i ask her all the time if she is stressed
and she says she isn't really, but being
her boyfriend I can tell when she is
lying. I suggested that she should maybe
try xanax since that worked wonders for
me, but the blood pressure issue is what
concerns me the most. Her bp went
skyrocketed bacically overnight.
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mic9393
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 01-28-06 22:44pm
I'm no doctor, but I do read medical
records for a living- I underwrite health
insurance. I'm certain that both
headaches and dizziness can be caused by
high blood pressure itself. Overall is
she doing better with the atenolol?
Although she doesn't have a family history
of high blood pressure, african americans
are slightly more predisposed to the
problem from what i've heard. Does she
have a home blood pressure monitor? If
the high readings are being triggered by
anything mentally/physically, maybe that
would help identify at least at what
points in the day her bp is spiking.
Just a thought.
