How high/dangerous is it?
2006-12-31 20:19:55 · 4 answers · asked by Scatman 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
A 160 heart rate at rest isn't normal. A normal HR for a male adult at rest is between 60 and 80. The medication overdose may have attributed to your tachycardia. Check the medication to see if rapid heart beat is associated with the drug. This isn't life threatening inless it goes on for an exteneded period of time. If it last more than at an hour, please seek help.
2006-12-31 20:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by ppettiejr04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, 160 is too high. Very dangerous, don't OD on medicine....you are in charge, take responsibility.
2007-01-01 07:48:17 · answer #2 · answered by Hannahbelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypertension is sustained elevation of resting systolic BP (⥠140 mm Hg), diastolic BP (⥠90 mm Hg), or both. Hypertension with no known cause (primary; formerly, essential hypertension) is most common; hypertension with an identified cause (secondary hypertension) is usually due to a renal disorder. Usually, no symptoms develop unless hypertension is severe or long-standing. Diagnosis is by sphygmomanometry. Tests may be done to determine cause, assess damage, and identify other cardiovascular risk factors. Treatment involves lifestyle changes and drugs, including diuretics, β-blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and Ca channel blockers.
You have got Stage 2 hypertension. Control your high blood pressure with diet, exercise and drugs.
Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
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2006-12-31 21:57:18 · answer #3 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is high period, and why would you over dose on medicine, idiot?
2007-01-01 04:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋