blood pressure

Just a quick one. Since i have started managing my BGs, my BP went from 140s/90s to 117/75 range. However, they day i eat outside particularly food cooked in vegetable oils or even small amount of bread, the next day i notice my BP creeping to 128/85. Does such foods affect BP this fast within a...

I received a letter this morning stating that my Annual Review is now due (have a 3 months review booked for the 13th Jan). But in the letter I have been advised to purchased my own blood pressure monitor and bring along 1 weeks resutls. Well that not going to happen on the 13th, but has anybody...

Hi all! So I was warned this would happen. I have PCOS and should have been taking better care of myself. Over the last week I've noticed I'm having a lot of type 2 symptoms. Needing the loo constantly. Always thirsty, numbness in fingers and feet/ankles. Blurred vision. I started taking my...

Hi. I've noticed that following exercise my blood pressure drops from being in the Grade 1 Hypertension level e.g. around 135/95, back down to normal e.g. 120/80. And it stays normal for several hours after. I've read this is called Post Exercise Hypotension (PEH). I'm more than happy to do...

Hello, My workplace has asked employees to let them know if we consider ourselves at high risk of Coronavirus infection/illness. I was diagnosed as prediabetic last spring, but by the autumn by HbA1c was just below prediabetic range (after changing to a low carb diet, which I continue with). I...

I've been lurking for a while but this is my first post -- hello! I was diagnosed with T2 in September 2018. I've read the advice on the forums about diet changes and using a meter etc (I was lucky enough to be hospitalised with hypertension and so got one prescribed) and my morning blood sugars...

It's my husband and not me. I want to help him especially as he has been my rock over the last 6 months. He is already on 5mg ramopril once a day but doesn't want it to go up. He weighs 14 stone 13 and is 5 feet 11. Apparently according to Google that's 3 stone over weight! So he is joining me...

hi, Looking for advice really I saw my nurse 2 weeks ago and my blood pressure was not checked. I have been monitoring this myself at home and it’s regularly 140 odd over 80/90 odd, my pulse is always in the 90s or 100s but that is normal for me it has been for years I was under a cardiac doctor...

Hello, everyone:) I need to choose a blood pressure monitor for my granny. She has type 2 diabet. And she doesn't want to go to the hospital or drug store. That's why I try to read so much information about her problem as possible. I've found out that diabetics must measure their blood pressure...

While Type 2 diabetes is most definitely a serious condition, it can be controlled and, in some cases, even eliminated by making some simple lifestyle changes. Statistics have shown when people are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, most of them have weight issues, particularly excess fat around...

I always have normal blood pressure 120/80 110/70, sometimes 130/85. Being a blood donor I was monitored and my dad having high pressure and because he got an heath attack has a machine to automatically measure it. He bought a newer one, super automatic with bluetooth and gave me the older one...

So this might be a diabetes related question, but it also might not... I was diagnosed type 1 at 9 years old but one of my earliest memories is having excruciating headaches at about age 4/5 and literally screaming on the sofa in pain. I've pretty much had these headaches ever since, sometimes...

So, I had another doctor's appointment this afternoon to review how I'm doing after a recent increase of my BP meds as well as starting on gabapentin for suspected nerve pain. Thankfully, after a blood test around 3 weeks ago, my liver and kidney function came back as normal. I was also tested...

I posted about a burning sensation in my leg recently. I also have high blood pressure and my medication was changed just over 2 weeks ago. My blood pressure seems to be going up rather than down. Latest readings have ranged from 151/95 to 190/109 which was taken around 8pm this evening. My...

My blood pressure medication was changed very recently. I've been on the new pills - Losartan for 10 days now. So why are my readings still on the high side?! I've taken two readings today, both when I was relaxed and resting - the first at midday was 167/105 and the second at 2.45pm (to...

Hello Medication not helping Insulin helped for a year but now after taking insulin my top of my head starts revolving. Living with sleepless nights for over 4 months already now. Showed to every doctor possible but everyone wants to give sleeping pills or pills to relax mind which again did not...