We have explained how gabapentin can cause high blood pressure. However, not every individual taking gabapentin would experience high blood pressure or the same side effects. Other factors can increase one’s risk of high blood pressure besides gabapentin. Let’s discuss factors that can increase a...
Dr Sarah Brewer, medical director of Healthspan, said if you haven91 had your blood pressure checked in the last year, make this a priority.She explained, "If the reading is below 130/80 mmHg, then you go forward and have your blood pressure checked at least once every 5 years as it ...
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For most of them, sedation and intubation led to a drop in blood pressure. Since in neonatal sepsis and other causes of severe disease systemic blood pressure is mostly reduced [16], elevated blood pressure, probably readily explained by the pathophysiology of UCD, may be an important indicator...
Professor Chung explained: “One of the first steps was for patients to realize how much salt they were eating. Using the electronic device they could test the salt content of restaurant meals and ask the chef to reduce or eliminate salt on their next visit. They also used it at home to...
This article describes the lifestyle changes and nutritional supplements that are helpful in lowering high blood pressure. The modalities addressed, with their relative impact on high blood pressure, include salt reduction, potassium supplements, exerc
Still, if blood pressure remains above the level considered high -- 130/80 -- it is considered uncontrolled, Visaria explained. To learn more about the risk for treated but uncontrolled high blood pressure, his team focused on more than 13,200 men and women age 20 and u...
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is often called a "silent disease" because you usually don't know that you have it. There may be no symptoms or signs. Nonetheless, it damages the body and eventually may cause problems like heart disease. ...
A stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain is blocked by a clot or breaks under excessive blood pressure, explained the neurologist Dr. Christian Stapf. "About 80% of strokes are ischemic, or caused by clotting; the remaining 20% are hemorrhagic, or caused by uncontrolled bleeding," ...
In males, the major determinant of systolic blood pressure was total peripheral resistance, which explained 47 percent of the variance, versus only 30 percent in females. These gender differences were seen across most of the 52-minute protocol, being most prominent during standing and least evident...