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1090984 tn?1463769850

high diastolic

I have a strong family history of heart diease and hypertension.  I never had a problem until I had my first baby and a week later  my bp was 161/110   2nd baby after a week shot up to 191/110.  Took forever to go down and was finally put on Azor 5/40 plus a water pill.  I went off because my bp was normal after a year or 2, then one night I had a heavy chest, I took my bp and it was 180/108.

What concerns me is my diastolic stays high, in the morning my bp can go down to 120/90, the disatolic remains high.  or I get readings of 150/99  to 117/91.  I also get high pulse reading in the AM of 111  or with little activity.

I am not over weight, I dont smoke, I dont have a problem with my cholesteral.

Should I be concerned?  I had a thallium stress test, a 3d echo and they found nothing.  I can't believe this is just high blood pressure.
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159619 tn?1707018272
COMMUNITY LEADER
There are many things that can cause high diastolic blood pressure. They include;

Overweight
Excessive fat and cholesterol in your diet
Smoking
Alcohol
Kidney damage
Diabetes
Stress Depression
Sedentary lifestyle
Age

Some you can control, but you should definitely get it checked out as high diastolic pressure can lead to diastolic dysfunction and CHF.

Jon
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1090984 tn?1463769850
I am back on meds.  I was on Azor 5/50 plus a 12.5 hydroclor... BP got too low so I went off and it stayed stables for almost a year without meds.   Now she put me on benicar 20, not knocking it down much so we switched to benicar 40.

The problem is I swear I was getting out of breath last time, I couldnt even brush my hair without my heart pounding and my pulse racing.  i would climb up the stiars and my myscles burned.

I am not over weight, dont smoke, I have gereat choeslteral.  So I have no idea
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212161 tn?1599427282
did she put you back on meds?
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1090984 tn?1463769850
well my doctor has never seen it like this.  it's like 150/99 in the office.  She just said we woudl take it slow and let the BP medication do it;s job, that it lowers both numbers.  While I realize that, something just seems wrong to me.  Just can't get anyone to listen to me, they treatme as I am hysterical.
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237039 tn?1264258057
No, you are right, Mean Kitty.  That bottom number is too high.  What does your doctor say?  Did you go back to taking the meds?  Did that number go down with the meds?  Keep me posted, Ally
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1090984 tn?1463769850
I agree, but for example today my bp is 125/90!    That doesnt seem right at all.  I know usually it's the systolic thats high, but the bottom number shouldnt be that high when the top number is not.
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212161 tn?1599427282
i would have it checked . i just had mine done and i really stressed myself out over it . as its a easy fix if you do you might have to go back on meds no big deal

if it stays high to long it can cause problems. your numbers are high the bottom should not be over 70 what they like but anything over 90 to high.

mine has ran 182/94 but i was very stressed about it being high so it just keep going up.

my dr put a 24 hour bp monitor on me that way she could tell if it was becsue i was stressed from going to dr or was it running high all the time.

so go back to dr who ran your echo and stress, thats a great place to start
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