Blood Pressure...

TedLasso said:
Yeah, did the vitality health check as they came to our offices, and my BP using their wrist based one showed 163/100 or some number like that. High for all three.

Told her then that GP checked two weeks prior and it was perfect 120/83. Didn't get the points

Next day, bioken came to office and did the tests too. Also super high. Got worried.

Tested using a wrist one at home too and got highly erratic readings but some mirroring the numbers from the vitality test.

Last week had a physician appt. My first one. Did the Ekg etc and all good. He picked up something with with one heart valve which does something but said since I was born with it, and never ever experienced the symptoms he described, said it would never affect me. Am 50.

He tested my pressure and 117/83. He said it's perfect and then launched into a tirade about discovery and the underhanded things they do to block people from getting points etc. he hates those wrist based monitors.

He did say, one should be lying down for a few minutes before doing the test. I was on his examination bed.

Anyway will monitor.
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For those vitality tests, I never use Discovery people. Always go to the Biokineticist at the Virgin Active close to me. She can do both the fitness and health assessments. So never have those fake results.
 
Well now.

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Didn't quite believe it so I verified on another machine

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Need to get a small notebook for a food diary so that I can keep track of what I've consumed.

Suspect that some specific stuff causing my BP to spike, but otherwise it's almost good....

Down to half a pill of Lisoretic a day now... going to see the doctor end of this month and make a decision then.

The one good thing of technology is that you don't need to visit a hospital or doctor to take your blood pressure... just imagine if you had to go twice every day to get your BP measured....
 
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Finally. Looks like I finally got something that will be 100% paid by medical scheme. 100 rand saving per month. Man, times are tough.

TELPRES PLUS 40​


Transpharm

www.transpharm.co.za www.transpharm.co.za
 
Sideshow Bob said:
Finally. Looks like I finally got something that will be 100% paid by medical scheme. 100 rand saving per month. Man, times are tough.

TELPRES PLUS 40​


Transpharm

www.transpharm.co.za www.transpharm.co.za
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I went on Telpres about this time last year, after getting tired of the co-payment on Tesar. What extra magic ingredient has the Plus version got?
 
The_Librarian said:
Need to get a small notebook for a food diary so that I can keep track of what I've consumed.

Suspect that some specific stuff causing my BP to spike, but otherwise it's almost good....

Down to half a pill of Lisoretic a day now... going to see the doctor end of this month and make a decision then.

The one good thing of technology is that you don't need to visit a hospital or doctor to take your blood pressure... just imagine if you had to go twice every day to get your BP measured....
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Just use something like https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ -
 
BP 115/87. For over two months, systolic is consistently under 120. But diastolic is almost always over 85. Nothing I do seems to bring it down. Any ideas?
 
TedLasso said:
He did say, one should be lying down for a few minutes before doing the test. I was on his examination bed.
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bp needs to be taken ideally with arm (bicep) at same level as heart & extended horizontally in a rest position. - hence "lying down".
if arm is elevated, bp will read with a false high.
if arm is lower, bp will read with a false low.

measurement using a wrist device very often results in false high pressure reading - not all devices, but certainly the majority
 
Grant said:
bp needs to be taken ideally with arm (bicep) at same level as heart & extended horizontally in a rest position. - hence "lying down".
if arm is elevated, bp will read with a false high.
if arm is lower, bp will read with a false low.

measurement using a wrist device very often results in false high pressure reading - not all devices, but certainly the majority
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Weird, everything I’ve read online and elsewhere tells you all of the above except that you need to be sitting upright.

I mean, even when you’re in hospital you’re never lying perfectly horizontal, either. Your upper body is usually always elevated. Unless you’re in theatre obviously.
 
The Voice said:
Weird, everything I’ve read online and elsewhere tells you all of the above except that you need to be sitting upright.

I mean, even when you’re in hospital you’re never lying perfectly horizontal, either. Your upper body is usually always elevated. Unless you’re in theatre obviously.
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I'm in hospital right now, and it really seems they don't care what arm, where on the arm or what your body position is when reading the BP.

Like twice now, the cuff was over my elbow. So I don't think you should take the in hospital measure procedure as the best way. Seems like it's mostly done, because it has to be done.
 
On telpres 40 now instead of zomovek 80. Telpres is fully paid by discovery so that will save some monies.

132/81
 
Tinuva said:
I'm in hospital right now, and it really seems they don't care what arm, where on the arm or what your body position is when reading the BP.

Like twice now, the cuff was over my elbow. So I don't think you should take the in hospital measure procedure as the best way. Seems like it's mostly done, because it has to be done.
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Yeah, seems like they just want ANY reading lol
 
So, tried something different this week, but not specifically for BP, just to see if it helps my kidneys at all (I may have CKD). I drink about 1.5l of water, 3 cups of decaf coffee and squash or something with dinner. I decided to increase my water intake by a litre, and surprisingly, I’ve had a happy little accident: it’s started dropping my BP.

I never thought of myself as dehydrated or anything, but blood obviously needs water, because the thicker it is the higher your BP has to be to move it around.

My systolic has been fine for a while now, it’s just been the diastolic that I’ve never been able to bring down, but since taking in more water, my results have been < 85. This morning’s is 115/81!
 
Grant said:
bp needs to be taken ideally with arm (bicep) at same level as heart & extended horizontally in a rest position. - hence "lying down".
if arm is elevated, bp will read with a false high.
if arm is lower, bp will read with a false low.

measurement using a wrist device very often results in false high pressure reading - not all devices, but certainly the majority
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Indeed, while I at home could get this wrong, how the nurses and professional people from Discovery don't do it is infuriating. All so that they can peg you from reach full vitality assessment points. Next time I am going back to Dischem or my doctor.
 
TedLasso said:
Indeed, while I at home could get this wrong, how the nurses and professional people from Discovery don't do it is infuriating. All so that they can peg you from reach full vitality assessment points. Next time I am going back to Dischem or my doctor.
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I usually do it at the gym, there I person at most virgin actives that cans do the fitness assessment. If you lucky, they also completed the requirements to do the health tests. The one in Durbanville is such an example. Always have a good experience, and she let's me lie down on a bed for the BP.
 
TedLasso said:
Yeah, did the vitality health check as they came to our offices, and my BP using their wrist based one showed 163/100 or some number like that. High for all three.

Told her then that GP checked two weeks prior and it was perfect 120/83. Didn't get the points

Next day, bioken came to office and did the tests too. Also super high. Got worried.

Tested using a wrist one at home too and got highly erratic readings but some mirroring the numbers from the vitality test.

Last week had a physician appt. My first one. Did the Ekg etc and all good. He picked up something with with one heart valve which does something but said since I was born with it, and never ever experienced the symptoms he described, said it would never affect me. Am 50.

He tested my pressure and 117/83. He said it's perfect and then launched into a tirade about discovery and the underhanded things they do to block people from getting points etc. he hates those wrist based monitors.

He did say, one should be lying down for a few minutes before doing the test. I was on his examination bed.

Anyway will monitor.
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White coat hypertension. When you do a reading and its high like that. Tell them to wait and take 6 deep breaths and retest. So inhale to your maximum capacity through your nose then hold a few seconds then blow out through your mouth slowly with a little stream like you whistling. Repeat 6 times. Then retest.

Its a type of what we call a vasovagal maneuver this will calm the body down and allow the device to measure your correct pressure. Doctors use a different type where they have the patient blow into a closed fist for high heart rates in anxiety and panic attacks (also the breathing in a paper bag)
 
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