hypertension

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eM @eLsMarie (4477) • New Zealand 2 May 25

Hello everyone. It's my first time writing here in myLot after so many years of being inactive and it's quite sad that some of my friends are no longer active here. Anyways, I would like to talk about my most recent concern, which...

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The Humble Onion

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 14 Apr 25

Can you believe there might be a superfood that outperforms something as good as blueberries? Often avoided because of its strong odor and "onion breath" onions have been overlooked. These marvels are a member of the family...

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Hot and Thirsty.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 29 Nov 24

These are two prominent symptoms I felt a few hours ago that led me to take my BP. It was my hubby asking me to take his BP so I took mine after him. And to my shock, my BP was 160/120. I took one med and drink cold...

hot and thirsty

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The Health Care Program.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 20 Mar 23

my healthcare company called me a while ago to ask me if I want to join their current program. It is a healthcare program for patients with hypertension, kidney problems, and diabetes mellitus (any one of the three or all). They...

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Stress Test Cancelled.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 23 Feb 23

Hello. The cardiologist canceled my husband's Treadmill Stress Test yesterday afternoon. He canceled it because the 24-hour BP monitoring reading was consistently high. The doctor gave him additional medicine for now and they...

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Monday Visit to E.R.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 20 Feb 23

Monday was a tough one. It is Tuesday morning now on my side of the country. Yesterday was supposed to be a usual day where the kids will have their face-to-face classes and hubby going to his office. But hubby did not feel well....

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White Coat Hypertension.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 17 Feb 23

I think I have that. Why do I say that? Everytime I visit my Cardiologist, my BP never fails to go normal. Whenever I'm here my BP is always up and about. But when I'm monitoring at home, I usually get 130/85 maximum....

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She's Dead Without Being Known

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 23 Apr 22

Today, I received a sad message. One of my classmates in high school died and we were not informed about it. The fact is that she passed away last September last year. I was so surprised knowing it by now. The husband managed to...

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I am going to have...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 5 Sep 21

...Pik-Nik for my siesta snack later. Lately, I have been craving a bit of salty food. Since I am starting to be health-conscious, I need to cut down on some foods that can trigger hypertension. After posting this, I will do my...

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Food Porn: Beef Bone Marrow Stew

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 29 Aug 21

My family and I had enjoyed eating this meal for dinner. It's my younger brother's cooking specialty. He seems not lazy to cook. I do love the soup and vegetables in it. I took some beef meat and settle on eating a cup of rice. It...

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Hypertension Spikes with the Voodoo Chant

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 29 Aug 21

I am sure some of you read about the sentiments against my neighbors. Their bad noises were tolerated by us for a long time. But then, I lost my temper when they do a voodoo chant at 6:00 AM last month. I literally shouted,...

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Brisk Walking Day

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 28 Aug 21

Actually, my brisk walking is on a daily basis. My doctor told me this simple exercise to maintain the blood circulation of my body. I sometimes feel lazy but I need to since I did not go out for almost 2 months. The culprit is...

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Series of Tests.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 6 Aug 20

Hello everyone. I mentioned last post that my husband went series of tests at the hospital. First he had a whole abdomen CT scan to check why he is feeling some pain on his stomach where he his gall bladder was removed and his...

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Do you know how to take BP?

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 20 Feb 20

While I'm taking a bath someone is calling my name. I thought there is a xerox customer. I look out and it is my aunt calling me telling me to come to their house and I take her BP or blood pressure. She don't usually do that so I...

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Seven Hours.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 5 Feb 20

of sleep and I am still sleepy. Other than changing my diet, I am also changing my sleeping habit. For sure I need to wake up at 4:00am. That is something that will not change in order me to prepare food and other stuff for the...

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No Rice.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 3 Feb 20

As most of you might know, I need to change my diet and lose weight for my health. I started yesterday to lessen my rice. But today I just ate half a cup of white rice for the day (around lunch). Dinner for today is steamed...

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I promise

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 1 Feb 20

to take care of my health more than last year. This is something I will really do now seriously. As per my doctor, I have a hypertension, still uncontrolled without any symptoms which is much worrisome and riskier. They took...

i promise

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Hating Hospital.

rakski @rakski (156506) • Philippines 1 Feb 20

I am beginning to hate them now. Every time my husband will go for check up, I will have mine too. My husband always have the complains but it always ended up that my case is worse than him. Hubby's BP-120/90,...

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Blood Pressure Reading: HIGH

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 3 Oct 19

I never had an intake of my hypertension maintenance medicine after being complacent for how many days. I just monitor my blood pressure by regularly reading it every day with my device. For the past days, it’s normal and just...

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Stress and hypertension is also increase the blood glucose levels

Palash Das @onlinepalash (77) • Kolkata, India 9 Aug 19

Patients who using standard insulin doses must be contain carbohydrate with their diet. It should intake with meal of with snacks. A patient who injects insulin the goal is to intact insulin with their lifestyle. This is including...

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