Re: One cause of High Blood Pressure

jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason) wrote in
news:jason-2706051036180001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> In article <1119888867.551900.36960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "elgoog" <bjdefend-newsgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hawki63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > "Jason" <jason@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:jason-2606051006410001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >
>> > > Some of the people that have high blood pressure continue to have
>> > > high blood pressure even if their cholesterol levels are normal.
>> > > I realize that there are several reasons for this fact. However,
>> > > the report below mentions one of those reasons. The report
>> > > indicates that PRIMARY ALDOSTERONISM "may be responsible for as
>> > > many as one in 10 cases of high blood pressure." There is
>> > > additional information about Primary Aldosteronism at the site
>> > > mentioned below.
>> >
>> >
>> > Jason
>> >
>> > what you are doing is called "practicing medicine without a
>> > license"...you can be sued..civilly..for such "advice" that you
>> > dispense without the knowledge base needed..
>> >
>> > not to mention that even "real" licensed professionals rarely stick
>> > their necks out like you do on this board...in what appears to be
>> > an attention getting ploy...
>> >
>> > the first sentence above demonstrates your lack of basic
>> > knowledge..
>> >
>> > I think the group would benefit from your knocking it off
>> >
>> > my h.o. only of course
>> >
>> <<snip>>
>>
>> For my edification, where was the medical advice or any advice in
>> that post? It seemed to me that he was merely sharing an article.
>>
>> -elgoog
>
> -elgoog,
> I believe that you are about the only person in this newsgroup that
> "got it". That was my only goal. I was NOT trying to start an argument
> over issues like correlation. I did get an A in a college level
> statistics class but I really hated that class since I hath math. I
> forgot most of what I learned. I was surprised when some people
> actully wrote that there was no correlation between chol. and blood
> pressure. If that is true, why do many doctors prescribe statins for
> people that have familial hypercholesterolemia? Those doctors do it
> because they know that if they failed to do it--plaque would build up
> in the blood vessels and the patients would develop high blood
> pressure. Thanks for being about the person to "get it."
> Jason
>

But Drs. do not prescribe statins for hbp. There are many other meds for
that. It's clear that you don't have to have high cholesterol levels to
have high blood pressure, no matter what the cause.

Well....I'm sorry I used the word "correlate"! I take it back....:-)

L.
.

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