Heart Diseases

I'm 18, 5'11", 142 pounds and I'm a runner. My resting heart rate is around 52-68 and my blood pressure is anywhere from 140/70 to 160/80. My doctor said not to worry since my diastolic(?) is normal. It's not a matter of diet, exercise, or weight. What's causing this? I had some tests done and I have a large left ventrical. Apparantly thats nothing to worry about either..
Also, I get tunnel vision when I stand up, almost to the point where I pass out..I thought that would be more of a low bp sort of problem. Any advice would be much appreciated!

2007-09-10 16:14:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had an ekg done 4 my heart and my doc said everything is ok...but i get nauzia sumtimes, my heart races and feels weird, and burns is this from stress if my heart was checked and everything was ok im only 16

2007-09-10 15:09:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I tested 177/112 today I know it's high but how concerned should I be if I feel fine?

2007-09-10 14:09:52 · 10 answers · asked by O&APest 2

2007-09-10 11:34:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you aware of the fact that diets rich in saturated fat have NEVER produced an increase in mortality from coronary artery disease in ANY RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLINDED CLINICAL TRIAL .

2007-09-10 10:49:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-09-10 10:45:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-10 09:35:51 · 20 answers · asked by skeem a 1

2007-09-10 08:31:59 · 4 answers · asked by alisha f 1

Its happened a few times now, the first was when i was at a gig and the smoke machine came on and i had a huge pain in my chest, it knocked me back and i had to sit down, then just again i was sat down and i got a pain in my chest and when i tried to breathe it got worse, im not overweight and im only young, should i go to the Hospital? Thanks

2007-09-10 08:27:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

what determines your blood cholesterol level?

2007-09-10 08:17:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-10 07:54:38 · 2 answers · asked by hamos1977 1

My diabetic dad was recently diagnosed with an, and let me quote the DR, a HUGE enlarged heart, diverticulitis, and kidney stones. He's almost 62 and refuses to do anything about the enlarged heart. He passed the stone and I assume his diverticulitis problem has improved but I don't know about the heart because he's insisting the DR. said that he was fine now and released him and all of this was caused by dehydration...
I do know that he had been working outside in a drought and didn't drink much at the time of his diverticulitis attack. He also started to get the pain from the kidney stone at the same time. Which according to the DR was in the process of being passed. Thats when the DR discovered his hugely enlarged heart. He went back to the redimed dr not his regular dr who has been begging him for a chest xray forever but my dad refused. He told us that the redimed DR said he was fine now and it was all due to dehydration. Is this really possible or is he lying through his teeth?

2007-09-10 07:13:41 · 5 answers · asked by W 3

Will 1 hour daily of hard biking create enough HDL to neutralize approx. 3 grams of trans fat in the single doughnut I have daily?

2007-09-10 06:32:28 · 4 answers · asked by Trailguy 2

For the past 2 days i have had really intense pain in my left side of my chest, it feels like it's my heart muscle but i do not know if it is my heart or if it is chest pain. It hurts quite badly if i take a deep breath in but even lying on my left side makes it more painful.
I have a heart murmur caused by a mitral valve prolapse, it has not bothered me so far apart from irregular heartbeat and slight palpitations in the last few weeks. I also have mild asthma and am 25 weeks pregnant. I have no way of getting to my GP in the next few days and just wondering if anyone has any ideas of what might be causing it? Should i worry?

2007-09-10 05:32:40 · 7 answers · asked by impnaughton 3

My daughter wants to be a pediatric, and she will love to read books about Doctors etc...

2007-09-10 03:42:03 · 1 answers · asked by ILSE 5

Would somebody please take the time to explain the rash that occurs with severe leg edema? not the hemostatic edema spots, rather the large hive-like spots that occur with edema. They are almost like a sunburn in hive form. What are they called and how to treat them?
Thanks.

2007-09-10 01:14:31 · 4 answers · asked by mama woof 7

2007-09-10 01:07:26 · 1 answers · asked by Amir H 1

2007-09-09 20:25:41 · 7 answers · asked by Claire _leoo 2

It's for use at home. I need a good brand that has repair services within Cebu..in case the unit breaks down.

2007-09-09 18:52:32 · 3 answers · asked by q10 1

2007-09-09 17:42:53 · 5 answers · asked by lucy 1

my husband missed his dose of coumadin tonight.he says he didnt. i think he did what should i do?

2007-09-09 16:52:53 · 3 answers · asked by Dan R 1

2007-09-09 13:27:56 · 2 answers · asked by antonettef28 2

I've read everywhere that exercise can help lower your blood pressure because it will help you lose weight. I'm already skinny and won't lose anymore weight when exercising. Will it still help lower my blood pressure? In other words does exercise lower blood pressure ONLY because it lowers weight? Or are there other reasons/factors?

2007-09-09 10:23:51 · 5 answers · asked by Rob Smith 1

We really need a simple answer to this.

Thanks in advance.

2007-09-09 07:55:42 · 10 answers · asked by Dr. Charlie Chambers 2

I read an article around a year ago on the above, but I really need to find it again or find the doctors name, I cannot find it anywhere! Please help, thankyou

2007-09-09 07:52:49 · 3 answers · asked by ? 3

I have high blood pressure. In the beginning, my readings at home and at the doctor's office were always high. 140s over 90s for example. My doctor put me on Enalapril 10mg. After a few weeks, my recorderings at home were perfect. Under 120/80 consistently. However, every time I go to check up with my doctor my readings are high again!

Does my blood pressure monitor at home just suck or and the one at the office better and more accurate?

My readings at home were always high and now after medication they are low. And then high every time I go to my doctor. He probably thinks I'm lying to him when I say my readings are good at home.

What do you think?

2007-09-09 05:48:26 · 6 answers · asked by Sooner 2

I was watchin an episode the other day called hidden truth. I did not gett o finish wacthing it, so can anyone tell me wat happened to the man whos mucles were faiing.

2007-09-08 15:11:44 · 2 answers · asked by Kris 2

husband has been taking hi b/p medicine for 35 yrs. For two days have been monitoring his b/p and it has been extremely low (79/53, 88/57, 90/60, 100/62. just jumping around on these low readings. Why would it begin doing this? he is 66

2007-09-08 14:51:18 · 3 answers · asked by megdon 1

hi - I've been on blood pressure meds for a while - it pretty much runs in the family - my blood pressure has been increasing over the last month - and I have been taking 20 mg enalapril in the morning and 50 mg of toprol in the evening - when it first started increasing they said I could go to 100 of toprol if needed, and then my bp was down for several days - and has been ok. this morning when I woke up though I knew it was very high - I took my enalapril waited 30 minutes and then took my bp - (I was scared to take it when it was so high) and then after a half hour it was down to 166/146 or so - but still quite high.

so I plan to go to 100 for sure tonight since they said I could. it seems like I"m fine when moving around but when I sleep it goes quite high.
I don't know why. it is baffling to me.

thanks

2007-09-08 14:11:10 · 7 answers · asked by art_flood 4