Comments for endhighbloodpressure.com http://endhighbloodpressure.com Wed, 02 May 2012 08:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on What is the Best blood pressure + blood sugar checker? by Jessica http://endhighbloodpressure.com/what-is-the-best-blood-pressure-blood-sugar-checker/#comment-26222 Jessica Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:45:49 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/what-is-the-best-blood-pressure-blood-sugar-checker/#comment-26222 There isn't one. A blood sugar checker (glucose monitor) requires the patient to submit a small sample of blood. A blood pressure device will not require a blood sample, instead, it will require the patient (or a tech) to apply pressure around an arm or wrist, and then either the patient, tech, or machine checks to see when the pulse is cut off, and when it will come back after loosening the pressure (twice). Now, there are some machines which check both blood pressure and pulse at the same time, but I get the impression that they cost a lot. There isn’t one. A blood sugar checker (glucose monitor) requires the patient to submit a small sample of blood. A blood pressure device will not require a blood sample, instead, it will require the patient (or a tech) to apply pressure around an arm or wrist, and then either the patient, tech, or machine checks to see when the pulse is cut off, and when it will come back after loosening the pressure (twice).

Now, there are some machines which check both blood pressure and pulse at the same time, but I get the impression that they cost a lot.

]]> Comment on What is the Best blood pressure + blood sugar checker? by Cammie http://endhighbloodpressure.com/what-is-the-best-blood-pressure-blood-sugar-checker/#comment-26221 Cammie Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:45:49 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/what-is-the-best-blood-pressure-blood-sugar-checker/#comment-26221 No such machine has been developed. No such machine has been developed.

]]> Comment on Should I pursue a career in air traffic control if high blood pressure runs in my family? by Yahoo! Pilot http://endhighbloodpressure.com/should-i-pursue-a-career-in-air-traffic-control-if-high-blood-pressure-runs-in-my-family/#comment-26208 Yahoo! Pilot Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:45:42 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/should-i-pursue-a-career-in-air-traffic-control-if-high-blood-pressure-runs-in-my-family/#comment-26208 Yes, the probability of you inheriting arterial hypertension is between 15-30% but do not forget, environmental factors can cause it and are more likely to cause it, such as age, lifestyle and health. At the moment, you're young and you've got a long time before age can contribute to hypertension. In your parents' case, it may seem it was growing old which made them more susceptible to this condition. However, do not immediately believe you are going to suffer from it when you're older because you can prevent it and it's fairly easy. Discuss preventions with your local doctor. Other than that, best of luck with following the path to become an air traffic controller. Nobody can tell the future but you can certainly have some influence on it! Yes, the probability of you inheriting arterial hypertension is between 15-30% but do not forget, environmental factors can cause it and are more likely to cause it, such as age, lifestyle and health.

At the moment, you’re young and you’ve got a long time before age can contribute to hypertension. In your parents’ case, it may seem it was growing old which made them more susceptible to this condition.

However, do not immediately believe you are going to suffer from it when you’re older because you can prevent it and it’s fairly easy. Discuss preventions with your local doctor. Other than that, best of luck with following the path to become an air traffic controller.

Nobody can tell the future but you can certainly have some influence on it!

]]> Comment on Should I pursue a career in air traffic control if high blood pressure runs in my family? by Crazydaisy http://endhighbloodpressure.com/should-i-pursue-a-career-in-air-traffic-control-if-high-blood-pressure-runs-in-my-family/#comment-26207 Crazydaisy Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:45:42 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/should-i-pursue-a-career-in-air-traffic-control-if-high-blood-pressure-runs-in-my-family/#comment-26207 what you could do is go after that job, your young now, and you will have good health insurance, make sure you go to the doctor a few times a year and keep a check on it, and if you do get high blood pressure you can always transfer into a different department, but by that time your foot will be in the door for a career what you could do is go after that job, your young now, and you will have good health insurance, make sure you go to the doctor a few times a year and keep a check on it,

and if you do get high blood pressure you can always transfer into a different department, but by that time your foot will be in the door for a career

]]> Comment on High blood pressure…options please!? by jackie b http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26160 jackie b Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:41:23 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26160 first, lets deal with the high blood pressure issue. please make an investement in a blood pressure cuff to keep at home, expecially since it runs in your genentics. they a inexpensive and you will be able to keep them for a life time. plus they are very easy to read and use (not like the ones the docs use) you stated that you are a bit of a stressy person, and just befor your appt you were rushing to get there and having a hard time finding a parking space. that right there is enough to raise your blood pressure significantly. the following things play havoc on you bp smoking, stress, salt, lack of sleep, worry, inactivity, pork and the list goes on. being pre disposed to high bp, you must be on top of yours at all times. if the doc would not put you back on the pill because of it, im guessing it must have been extremly high. having high blood pressure means a life style change and sometimes medication also. so this one is just as important as the pill, so please check it daily yourself and keep a journal of it along with the activitiy you were doing or food you ate 30 mins prior to taking your reading. this will help the doc very much. as for birth control, that is an individual thing for everyone and what you prefer. i undersant the patch has worked nicely for several women i know, without the side effects that some of the other had. the implant is also popular, but i really have no experience with any of them. since you are internet savy, id suggest you go on line and look up birth control options. hope this hsas helped a little. i wish you the best of success with both issues. jackie b first, lets deal with the high blood pressure issue. please make an investement in a blood pressure cuff to keep at home, expecially since it runs in your genentics. they a inexpensive and you will be able to keep them for a life time. plus they are very easy to read and use (not like the ones the docs use)

you stated that you are a bit of a stressy person, and just befor your appt you were rushing to get there and having a hard time finding a parking space.

that right there is enough to raise your blood pressure significantly. the following things play havoc on you bp smoking, stress, salt, lack of sleep, worry, inactivity, pork and the list goes on.

being pre disposed to high bp, you must be on top of yours at all times. if the doc would not put you back on the pill because of it, im guessing it must have been extremly high.

having high blood pressure means a life style change and sometimes medication also. so this one is just as important as the pill, so please check it daily yourself and keep a journal of it along with the activitiy you were doing or food you ate 30 mins prior to taking your reading. this will help the doc very much.

as for birth control, that is an individual thing for everyone and what you prefer. i undersant the patch has worked nicely for several women i know, without the side effects that some of the other had. the implant is also popular, but i really have no experience with any of them.

since you are internet savy, id suggest you go on line and look up birth control options.

hope this hsas helped a little. i wish you the best of success with both issues. jackie b

]]> Comment on High blood pressure…options please!? by samedi48 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26159 samedi48 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:41:23 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26159 There are other options. I don't know your age but that has a bearing on your blood pressure. Do you want children? Check on other options from a gynecologist you can trust or the local Health Department. I do know I have seen an 18 year old female in a coma from a stroke from the pill (not real likely but can happen) If there is the least bit of a chance of you having uncontrolled high blood pressure don't take the pill. If it was a fluke or an upsetting day consider a low dose birth control pill. It is the hormones that upset the BP. There are other options. I don’t know your age but that has a bearing on your blood pressure. Do you want children? Check on other options from a gynecologist you can trust or the local Health Department. I do know I have seen an 18 year old female in a coma from a stroke from the pill (not real likely but can happen) If there is the least bit of a chance of you having uncontrolled high blood pressure don’t take the pill. If it was a fluke or an upsetting day consider a low dose birth control pill. It is the hormones that upset the BP.

]]> Comment on High blood pressure…options please!? by magnolia http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26158 magnolia Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:41:23 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26158 it's the estrogen in BCP that can bump up BP, which is why they won;t prescribe combination pills for you if it's already high or borderline. it's possible that it was just high b/c you were racing around to get to the appointment. if it is still high when you on friday, ask them to put you on the "mini-pill", which is a progestin-only pill (POP). they normally give it to breastfeeding moms b/c they can;t have estrogren. this type of pill doesn't usually prevent ovulation, but it thickens cervical mucus so that sperm cannot swim through it. you take one every day continuously with no placebos. it is also really important to take it at the same time everyday as a little late cane cause the cervical mucus to thin and can cause spotting. it is possible that your periods will cease on this type of pill also. i have taken POPs for about 18 months b/c i cannot have estrogen. i still get my period, and it is a "real" period...i get sore breasts, cramps, etc. periods with combo pills are merely withdrawal bleeding, so you don't get the symptoms of regualr periods. hope this helps :) it’s the estrogen in BCP that can bump up BP, which is why they won;t prescribe combination pills for you if it’s already high or borderline. it’s possible that it was just high b/c you were racing around to get to the appointment. if it is still high when you on friday, ask them to put you on the “mini-pill”, which is a progestin-only pill (POP). they normally give it to breastfeeding moms b/c they can;t have estrogren. this type of pill doesn’t usually prevent ovulation, but it thickens cervical mucus so that sperm cannot swim through it. you take one every day continuously with no placebos. it is also really important to take it at the same time everyday as a little late cane cause the cervical mucus to thin and can cause spotting. it is possible that your periods will cease on this type of pill also. i have taken POPs for about 18 months b/c i cannot have estrogen. i still get my period, and it is a “real” period…i get sore breasts, cramps, etc. periods with combo pills are merely withdrawal bleeding, so you don’t get the symptoms of regualr periods. hope this helps :)

]]> Comment on High blood pressure…options please!? by eniles21 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26157 eniles21 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:41:23 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26157 Refrain from unprotection. Conforming to abstinance is best, but condoms work too. There is an issue with every prevention method whether it's the pill, depo, or patch...when you put something foreign into your system to prevent your natural state, a problem will occur. As for the high blood pressure, try yoga to reduce your stress, limit red meats, increase green veggies/fruit, incorporate exercise into your daily routine and drink lots of water. Refrain from unprotection. Conforming to abstinance is best, but condoms work too. There is an issue with every prevention method whether it’s the pill, depo, or patch…when you put something foreign into your system to prevent your natural state, a problem will occur.

As for the high blood pressure, try yoga to reduce your stress, limit red meats, increase green veggies/fruit, incorporate exercise into your daily routine and drink lots of water.

]]> Comment on High blood pressure…options please!? by "Glorious Gertrude G" http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26156 "Glorious Gertrude G" Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:41:23 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26156 Tthough Iam a good deal older than you I keep my blood pressure under control with medication and exercise perhaps the latter would keep yours in check as well as eating a well balanced diet. I would have thought that your GP is the best person to talk to over what birth control would suit you best given your present history of BP. However, why not give the keep fit thingy a whirl and see how it goes. And try to take everything in your stride your far too young to take a stroke but that is what will happen if you do not learn to be in control of your stress. It will also help your BP. Good luck! Tthough Iam a good deal older than you I keep my blood pressure under control with medication and exercise perhaps the latter would keep yours in check as well as eating a well balanced diet.

I would have thought that your GP is the best person to talk to over what birth control would suit you best given your present history of BP. However, why not give the keep fit thingy a whirl and see how it goes. And try to take everything in your stride your far too young to take a stroke but that is what will happen if you do not learn to be in control of your stress. It will also help your BP.

Good luck!

]]> Comment on High blood pressure…options please!? by Meg http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26155 Meg Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:41:23 +0000 http://endhighbloodpressure.com/high-blood-pressure-options-please/#comment-26155 I would concentrate on lowering your blood pressure. Exercise will help your stress level. I am not sure if it is the hormones in the pill that they are worried about. Other forms of birth control come in a patch or a vaginal ring. I am sure that your doctor will give you some options and suggestions to lower your blood pressure. I would concentrate on lowering your blood pressure. Exercise will help your stress level. I am not sure if it is the hormones in the pill that they are worried about. Other forms of birth control come in a patch or a vaginal ring. I am sure that your doctor will give you some options and suggestions to lower your blood pressure.

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