why does a person blood pressure will go up even after taking medicine. I am on dialysis. It keep rising.?

Question

I'm on dailysis, and my blood pressure goes up even after taking my medicine. When it happens, I feel very warm in my chest area. At times, I have had to go to the hospital emergency room. After getting to the hospital. My pressure will retune to almost normal. I take medicine after it goes up, over 140. Please is there in natural things I can take. Someone said garlic and viniger. Please HELP.

Answer 1

If your doctor has given you medicine for high blood pressure, you need to take it ALL THE TIME. High blood pressure is forever. You can't just take your meds for ten days and be cured.

There is no "natural" remedy that will control your blood pressure consistently. You might find something that will lower it for a short time, but your body will get used to it, and return to the higher levels.

I am really worried that you say your chest gets warm when your blood pressure goes up. That suggests a blockage in one of the arteries leading to or from your heart. Heart disease is a common cause of high blood pressure, and unless your heart problems are treated properly your high blood pressure won't go away ever. If you don't get a proper work-up from a regular doctor (NOT THE EMERGENCY ROOM) you might be headed for a heart attack or heart failure.

Only a doctor that has the luxury of taking the time to listen to you for more than five minutes without being distracted every time an ambulance pulls up, can properly figure out what is causing the high blood pressure, and the warm/painful feeling in your chest.

Keep in mind, there are no natural cures for heart disease either.

Until you can get to a doctor....

*cut out all salt in your diet. Salt raises blood pressure. Use other spices so your food won't be bland. My favorite is a home made blend of black pepper, oregano and grated lemon peel.

*no more butter on your toast or potatoes. Use jelly if you don't like your toast dry, and try some fat free cottage cheese, fat free sour cream or even salsa on a baked potato.

*If you drink coffee or tea with milk or cream, switch to skim milk or fat free half and half. There are several brands of the fat free half and half that taste just as good as the real thing (I use them in my cereal too).

*If you drink a lot of things with caffeine in them like coffee, tea, or Coke/Pepsi, cut back gradually. Don't go "cold turkey" because the caffeine withdrawal will give you the worst headache and upset stomach you have ever had. Or worse.

*no more frozen dinners. They are LOADED with salt. One entree can have as much as 3/4 of a healthy person's recommended salt allowance for the day.

*in fact, cut back as far as possible on the packaged dinners and canned pasta as possible for the same reason...they may not taste like it, but they are all drowning in salt. Cook with fresh meat and vegetables, and use plain boxed pasta instead of the canned stuff. Try making your own sauce for it too. For a delicious summer salad, toss your cooked pasta with a fat free Italian dressing and chopped fresh tomatoes.

*This sounds counter productive, but get up off your butt and exercise more. You do not need to join a gym, and with your needing dialysis that's probably not a good idea anyway. Maybe you could start by walking to the end of your street, and back to your home. Once you can do that without a problem, (after a couple of weeks) walk a little farther before turning around and coming back.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

Answer 4

you are lucky I was on dialysis for three years and my blood pressure would always bottom out. are they taking enough fluid off of you? find that out first and let me know. I have had a transplant and now dont have any blood pressure problems

Answer 5

While you may be taking medication to lower your blood pressure, you may be taking other drugs which raise blood pressure, like Nitro, etc. Be sure to have your nephrologist look over your list of medications and reevaluate what you're taking based on your blood pressure problems.

Answer 6

I'm not completely sure on your situation. My fiance has trouble with similar sounding problems. Please add to your details to answer this. Is it that you're blood pressure is fine and then randomly goes way up, or becomes sparatic? If so I may have an option for you to discuss with your cardiologist. I'll keep an eye on here to check for your answer to that, and then i'll adjust my answer forya.