Some medications cause the blood level of potassium to increase, which is known as hyperkalemia. It occurs when your blood serum level exceeds 5.0 mmol/L. Drugs used to treat high blood pressure, heart-related problems and kidney issues can cause high potassium. They include: Angiotensin-converti...
Presents a letter to the editor commenting on blood pressure arousal in the presence of doctors in training.MatthysVocationalJanVocationalH.VocationalEBSCO_AspBmj British Medical JournalMatthys JH. Teaching students in general practice can affect patients' blood pressure. BMJ 2005;331(7513):406. DOI:...
.An unhealthy diet. Too much salt or too little potassium can cause sodium build-up in your bloodstream — leading to fluid retention, which increases blood pressure.Dehydrationcan affect this balance as well. Family history.High blood pressurecan be hereditary — which means that you may inherit...
It also lowers your blood pressure. Hypertension diet treatment principle The diet treatment of blood pressure patients is based on the principle of reducing sodium salt, reducing dietary fat and adding proper amount of high quality protein, paying attention to supplement calcium and potassium, eating...
Aim: We analyzed to what extent measurement protocol influenced individual blood pressure (BP) and achievement of treatment target in patients with coronary heart disease. Methods: In a subsample of Czech EUROASPIRE III–V survey participants (n=913), we compared the per-protocol BP measurement (...
Do you know what it feels like to have high blood pressure? Probably not. That’s because high blood pressure, or hypertension, quietly damages your body for years without producing any outward symptoms. While some people may experience headaches, problems breathing, or nosebleeds, these signs ...
Lithium can reduce the amount of myo-inositol in cells, which may affect signaling within the cell. This has led to the “inositol-depletion hypothesis,” which suggests that lithium’s therapeutic effect on bipolar disorder is due to inositol depletion. However, some studies have found that lit...
some can make crystals that don't break down and can block yoururineflow. Others have substances that can damage certain kidney cells when they try to filter them out. Some people also have allergic reactions toantibioticsthat can affect their kidneys. All these things are more likely to happe...
Taking ibuprofen just before your booster vaccination, to prevent possible side effects, is not recommended because some older studies have suggested that this may affect how your immune system responds to the vaccination. If you regularly take ibuprofen for other reasons, then you can take it as...
We found potassium (K+) in five unhealthy statuses, including hypertension (P = 1.98 × 10−119) and hepatitis B (P = 3.13 × 10−10). We detected differences in magnesium (Mg2+) in hypertension + diabetes (P = 3.14 × 10−58) and diabetes ...