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Any ideas on my readings/feelings
- Thread starter ShyGirl
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Have you had your Blood Pressure levels checked recently ?
Symptoms such as you describe can be attributable to really high BP levels.........something I experienced a while ago, before going onto BP lowering meds. Not a pleasant experience at all.
It was actually nothing to do with Diabetes but simply a Cardiovascular problem.
Regardless of what it may be down to, you should discuss this with your GP.
Ken
Symptoms such as you describe can be attributable to really high BP levels.........something I experienced a while ago, before going onto BP lowering meds. Not a pleasant experience at all.
It was actually nothing to do with Diabetes but simply a Cardiovascular problem.
Regardless of what it may be down to, you should discuss this with your GP.
Ken
Well, if you are sure about that.......my BP is always around the 110/65 level but I have had the odd incident or two where it shot up to around 197/120 and that is when I felt as you described. I check my BP at home frequently and give those readings to my GP/Nurse/Endo etc.
My Consultant wasn't sure if it was medication induced, as I was taking some pretty powerful anti Cancer drugs at the time, or just a 'glitch' which seems to have no real explanation. Been fine ever since.
You might also be just going down with something, a 'bug' maybe. There are many things this could be down to, most are not Diabetes related. I would definitely get it checked out at your GP's, especially as you say it doesn't seem to relate to Bg levels.
Ken
My Consultant wasn't sure if it was medication induced, as I was taking some pretty powerful anti Cancer drugs at the time, or just a 'glitch' which seems to have no real explanation. Been fine ever since.
You might also be just going down with something, a 'bug' maybe. There are many things this could be down to, most are not Diabetes related. I would definitely get it checked out at your GP's, especially as you say it doesn't seem to relate to Bg levels.
Ken
I had the same symptoms just over a week ago plus tingling in both arms, alternating between fever/cold sweats, dizzy - I was taken off Metformin as a temporary measure as some of it seemed like an allergic reaction but it appeared odd as I have been on Metformin for almost 2 years. I am getting full bloodwork done tomorrow but my GP is coming around to the view that I had this bug which is doing the rounds at the moment and it was not related to the diabetes.
Reason he is thinking this is the same thing happened 3 weeks ago and the only consistant factor is I wasn't well then either. I agree though it is really frightening when it happens.
Still, at least I'll see if the bloodwork throws anything up.
Reason he is thinking this is the same thing happened 3 weeks ago and the only consistant factor is I wasn't well then either. I agree though it is really frightening when it happens.
Still, at least I'll see if the bloodwork throws anything up.
