Re: What pulse/BP reading is too low?
- From: "Eric B." <bigbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:11:14 -0400
"Pramesh Rutaji" <p297tongue6221@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:g7ppa701hhg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Don Kirkman wrote:It seems to me I heard somewhere that Eric B. wrote in article
<kdOdnWRXJOpJwwLVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@xxxxxxx>:
I have been working on my sodium intake and recently had my meds adjusted because of incidents of hypertension.
I am now getting readings like 52-60 bpm resting pulse and 89/53 to 115/74 BP.
Unless you have reason not to trust your doctor he/she should be your
main source of information.
And if you believe this, DO NOT GET MORE THAN ONE DOCTOR. Agreement between doctors has turned out to be a rare event.
And if you believe the "One doctor advice should always be adhered too, then the following advice would seem wise to you too. Get only one stock broker and do exactly what he says (no studying up yourself), get only one banker and do exactly what he says (no personal research allowed), buy your autos from only one auto dealer and follow exactly his recommendations. Etc.
Should I get my meds adjusted? How low is too low?
What does your doctor say?
If you find the research indicates that for your health/fitness, your heart rate is optimum at a certain range and that information conflicts with our doctor's advice and current levels, then pursue a change. There is an inverse U curve for what blood pressure, pulse pressure, and pulse rate is optimum and that mortality increases at lower levels (heart failure) and higher levels (heart disease). The last time I looked at the literature available to me, I concluded that 110/70 was an ideal range (plus/minus a few points), that resting pulse rate of 60-70 was excellent and that a pulse pressure of 40 was ideal. Now if you are very very fit, then some of those values will be lower but being unfit or of normal fitness and lowering your values with medications into the "fitness" category may be detrimental to your health.
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Pramesh Rutaji
p297tongue6221@xxxxxxxxxxx - remove tongue to reply
I should add that I am 100lbs overweight so I doubt I would be considered "very, very fit".
If I get down to 52 pulse just sitting still I imagine I may go as low as the 40s during sleep. I haven't had any fainting spells, my fingers don't turn blue etc. I just don't want the first indication that my meds are too high being cardiac arrest.
Eric B.
Eric B.
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