Dead tired leg & high blood pressure [Archive]

kenp

05-03-2009, 10:45 AM

Hi, I am a 54 yr old male 5'8" 155 lbs. In Dec 08 I started getting a very tired feeling in my right leg after walking 5 minutes or climbing 1 flight of stairs. I went to the Doc in Feb 09(a teaching clinic) and all he said was quit smoking (1 pack a day) and exercise. Sound advice, hard to do but has damage been done :confused:. He did not check my BP. 1 month later I went back and saw a different doc. She put me on 24 hr BP monitor. and ordered a vascular blood flow check. While on the monitor I checked my BP by walking 1 flight of stairs four times 2 minutes before it went off. My BP went to 184/117,pulse 110 I think. My leg was dead tired but OK after 5 Minutes. The next check was 154/99.
I now have an appointment with a surgeon in Nov. but nobody has told me what the problem is. I have a follow up with the doc the end of May but I would like to know as much as possible before hand.
Any help on this would be awesome.
Thanks
KenP :)

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stophypertensio

05-03-2009, 02:18 PM

you should definitely start exercising

DW123

05-03-2009, 02:33 PM

Could be an early sign of Peripheral artery disease, poor circulation and blockage of blood in the leg arteries can produce a tired aching feeling, your Doctor can determine this with further tests.

stophypertensio

05-03-2009, 02:40 PM

Could be an early sign of Peripheral artery disease, poor circulation and blockage of blood in the leg arteries can produces a tired aching feeling, your Doctor can determine this with further tests.

seen the numerous plavix ads i see :jester:

DW123

05-03-2009, 02:54 PM

That and others, I'm starting to wonder if that could be one of the causes of my blood pressure problems.

kenp

05-03-2009, 02:58 PM

Hi and Thank You for getting back to me. I consider myself to be in fairly good shape. I worked in the overhead door business my whole adult life climbing ladders while carrying a fairly good weight.The last 2 years I have been in sales for door products. I can understand exercising and quiting smoking, I will be giving it my best shot. I guess I am very concerned as my Dad passed away at 39 from an brain anyurism, my nephew had one and survived when he was 21. The male side of the family as I am told is predisposed to this type of thing. I have had my MRI 10 years ago for a safety check as did all the family members.All OK. I don't want to obsess about it but it does concern me and it is a long way to Nov and I don't want to do any thing dumb like over exercise.
Any links to check ?
Thanks Again
KenP

Flutterbye77

05-03-2009, 08:27 PM

If every thing else is ruled out, is it possible it might be neurological? An MRI from 10 years ago mean nothing, a lot can change in that time frame.

kenp

05-03-2009, 08:58 PM

Hi Flutterbye77, Thank You for responding. The mention of the MRI was given as history and I hope it does not become related. I have been doing some research and it kind of sounds like I have Peripheral Artery Disease or PAD. All the symptoms match so now I have a long wait until I find out for sure. :dizzy:
After i got my vascular test flow done the techs who did it commented to me 4 times "Your so Young" This has spooked me and I wish they didn't say that cause it's not their job to diagnose...just test. <removed>

Thanks Again :)
KenP

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kenp

05-04-2009, 02:45 PM

My apologies :-)
Has anyone had any experience with "PAD", "Intermitant Claudication" or "Claudication".
kenp