any help or ideas appreciated - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

geister121 · 02-14-2004, 07:13 PM

I have a blood preasure problem,and iregular heartbeat, BP ranges from 110/50 - 167/136. my average bp is 145/110. My highest reading normally happen when im sleeping ( it wakes me up with a restriction/pain in my chest, neck, jaw and left arm and lasts for about 10min or so.I have been to many doctors and specialists and they can't find the problem. I am on avapro 300 once a day, and prazosin 1mg 3 time a day, but they don't seem to be helping. Any help or sugestions would be appreciated.
thanks...

zuzu8 · 02-14-2004, 11:09 PM

Hey there GEISTER- Before we chip in here with our two cents, need a little more info.

What are the specialists you have seen?
Have you been evaluated by a cardiologist?
And tell us what tests have been run on you.

zuzu xxx

geister121 · 02-15-2004, 06:09 PM

I have been to a heart specialist, he has sent me for ultrasounds, renal scans, i'v had holter devices, ecg, (all ecg found is i have a irregular heart beat) i've tried about 15 different bp meds. with no change in bp.
Ive been to a hypertension specialist, he figured i had Pheochromocytoma (because i have most of the symptoms for it), he sent me for a ct scan and it came up with nothing. Now all they are doing is changing my meds around, nothing seems to be helping. They have no idea what causeing the problem, its been going on for about 2 years now, and i would really like to get this sorted out so I can get back to my normal life. If you need more info just ask.

thanks..

zip2play · 02-16-2004, 07:04 AM

geister,
You are exhibiting some signs of unstable angina (pain at rest):

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restriction/pain in my chest, neck, jaw and left arm and lasts for about 10min or so

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I think what you need is an evaluation for coronary artery disease/health and the place to start is with a stress test and echocardiogram with some sort of marker like radioactive Thallium or some dye marker.
If any ischemia (pain from blood restriction) develops, angiography will probably be called for.

There are several discussions on the Heart Disorders forum.

A plain vanilla EKG or a Holter monitor will tell you nothing about arterial flow.

What happens when you excercise hard and long? Shortness of breath or chest ache or heartburn, anything like what happens at night?

geister121 · 02-16-2004, 08:26 AM

I have had 3 stress tests, and they always stop me by stage 2 of the test because my bp is up to around 200/140 and my heart rate is around 180 bpm, and all they do is change my meds and send me home.