Took a hot hot shower tonight... got out... BP 137/97 ... its stayed this way for 30 minutes... it has dropped SOME.


History... christmas went to hospital because I thought I was having a heart attack at 23 years old, turns out they keep me... run EKG,stress test ect ect, nothin.. all normal... echo and all.. normal.


Have had unexplained weakness, was told I had an ulcer and GERD, but why this BP? even with high BP.. why?

Anyways.. back to it.. normal after a super hot shower for 137/97? even 30 minutes after?

Took a hot hot shower tonight... got out... BP 137/97 ... its stayed this way for 30 minutes... it has dropped SOME.


History... christmas went to hospital because I thought I was having a heart attack at 23 years old, turns out they keep me... run EKG,stress test ect ect, nothin.. all normal... echo and all.. normal.


Have had unexplained weakness, was told I had an ulcer and GERD, but why this BP? even with high BP.. why?

Anyways.. back to it.. normal after a super hot shower for 137/97? even 30 minutes after?


Been in pain also today, quite a bit. Its still there, before I got in shower it was 120/70 Now its staying 137/99 120/97 setting

do u have chest pains?? is that why u thought u were having a heart attack??
i dont even take really hot showers...it makes my heart speed up for awhile after.

do u have chest pains?? is that why u thought u were having a heart attack??
i dont ever take really hot showers...it makes my heart speed up for awhile after.

do u have chest pains?? is that why u thought u were having a heart attack??
i dont ever take really hot showers...it makes my heart speed up for awhile after.


Nonono.. Im sorry.. Im not having chest pain JUST the high BP, it worries me being up that high just after a hot shower, what Im asking is.. is that normal 45 minutes after a hot showerr for it to raise you from 120/70 pre shower to 136/100 after? and then SLOWLY come back down over the period of an hour and a half or longer sometimes?

Goin back the 7th of next month to doc and Im betting Im going to get put on BP meds, if so.. wich can I ask for? Im 23 guys/gals... kinda scared to get the wrong thing.. I know I dont want norvask after seeing what it does to my dad at 65.

Any advice that I need to take with me before I enter this new world of high BP? or fix it rather?

At christmas I had dizzyness and stuff but found out later I had GERD..


NOW... my BP will raise sometimes and I think it has been doing this for a long time and I just didnt check it. I have NO pain when it gets up like that.

Canimakeit,

THe hot shower raised your BP....it's normal. You checked it at this time and found it high....the ANXIETY of that reading kept it up for longer than normal!

Canimakeit,

THe hot shower raised your BP....it's normal. You checked it at this time and found it high....the ANXIETY of that reading kept it up for longer than normal!


Ok, then if I am that touchy *wich I dont think I am* but may be.. Im open minded on this, then why... 30 minutes after eating on a differant day *today and verry calm... its 136/85 setting and 139/95-100 standing?

This is the next day? if the stress is keeping me down and my body is not coming back down to normal I have a problem yes?

Also I feel a little weak today, Im 80% of what I normally am today... seems to be staying that way. I dont really feel bad but turned down... like the sound on your TV... feels like someone turned me down with a channel changer. My mom put the thing on my arm and checked my BP sitting, then we checked it standing, when I Was standing and she first started to pump the thing and I felt the pressure... my heart fumbled around for like 5 seconds then cleared up, it spooked me a little but no biggy I ignored it so we could get a good reading.

Again... I dont FEEL upset, but I do have things around me that would cause stress *fathers BP has been high plus my own health probs Im dealing with *stomach ulcer and GERD*



Here is what I did, ate breakfest, took vites B12,potassium,A,E,D, 250mg magnesium, zinc. So far three full glasses of water *9 oz*

I didnt eat anything sweet and drinked ONLY water.


So after all this should I seek BP meds? It has always been high. Im 23 by the way. Heat makes me feel worse.


Bare in mind 2 months ago they ran a stress test,halter,echo,EKG on me and found nothing... this may not mean anything?


Thanks for any help.. .I called doc but they have not got back with me, little concerned.