I have a history of high blood pressure, I am currently on medicine for it. A few days ago, I noticed my heart was racing, but it would go away in about an hour. Tonight, it did it again. 30 minutes later, I started having chest pains. They are random, but the pain radiates down to my sides and through my back. I have a constant sinking feeling in my chest, I'm dizzy, weak, shaking, and nauseous. I took another blood pressure pill to see if it would help, but it's been about 30 minutes and I haven't seen a change. My friends mom said that if I went to the ER there is nothing they can do, so my question is, what DO I do? I'm scared.Wednesday, September 21, 2011
High Blood Pressure, Chest Pains, And Shortness Of Breath?
I have a history of high blood pressure, I am currently on medicine for it. A few days ago, I noticed my heart was racing, but it would go away in about an hour. Tonight, it did it again. 30 minutes later, I started having chest pains. They are random, but the pain radiates down to my sides and through my back. I have a constant sinking feeling in my chest, I'm dizzy, weak, shaking, and nauseous. I took another blood pressure pill to see if it would help, but it's been about 30 minutes and I haven't seen a change. My friends mom said that if I went to the ER there is nothing they can do, so my question is, what DO I do? I'm scared.
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clapper - Do not self medicate that is do not take extra pills to see if you feel better. Don't drink alcohol and don't smoke. Sit down with pillows behind your head and under your feet half the effects your describing come from the extra ace inhibitor you took. Listen to some music that you like on headphones and try to reset your situation. The pain in your sides and back sounds like its from a 1strain. Ask a friend to keep an eye on your for color changes in your skin, purple lips and mouth. Once you start to self medicate with heart drugs you throw the dice. You need to take your prescription medication when your supposed to and the ER probably wont do anything for you but they will keep an eye on your oxygenation levels. So I would take a wander down to the nearest ER and stay there for a few hours.
ReplyDeleteGood luck
nurseforglass - Your "racing heart" or tachycardia can cause the symptoms you describe. When your hear beats very fast, over 150/min, the amount of blood that is circulated with each beat is reduced and can result in chest pain(not enough oxygen to the heart), dizzines ( not enough oxygen to the brain), and nausea also results. Now here is the thing, a heart attack or MI can cause all those things: chest pain, dizziness, and nausea are classic symptoms of a heart attack. If you went to ER and reported those symptoms, they will do many things since it would be considered a high order emergency. Get in there!
ReplyDeleteMcGee - You sound like you're not old enough to have to worry about high blood pressure.
ReplyDeleteYounger people today are seeing health problems that once were regulated mainly to the elderly - why is this? It's because of dehydration.
From about the age of 20, we all start losing our perception of thirst. Making things worse, people are addicted to soft drinks at a younger age. These soft drinks are huge contributors to dehydration. Add this to the quart of water lost through respiration and the quart or so lost through kidney function, and it totals a lot of water being lost with virtually none going back in.
How long can the body handle this kind of stress until it can't take it anymore?
Water and salt are extremely important to the body - they're two of the three most important nutrients the body needs to survive. When you drink water substitutes and stay away from salt (like doctors advise to do) you're setting yourself up for some serious problems.
Why would doctors advise you to do something harmful to the body? Because they don't know any better. They're taught to treat the solutes (solid matter) in the body, but not the solvents (water, other fluids).
But recent discoveries over the past few decades have shown that it's water that regulates every aspect of the body. It transports all of the nutrients to every cell. There has to be a balance between fresh water (inside the cells) and water that contains salt (outside the cells and in the blood). When this balance is disrupted, health problems result, such as high blood pressure.
If the problem isn't due to an injury, the first thing people should do when they feel pain is to suspect dehydration and treat for it themselves. In most cases, this is the proper solution, although with serious problems, it will take time to see results
The link below shows the proper way to treat for dehydration and if done on a daily basis, to prevent health problems.