oh what fun!

[Tilly1957]

my husband insists nosebleeds are the body releasing pressure. I get them since I was in my 30’s, and because if the anticoagulants, bleed quite profusely for a little while. This morning I thought I would check my bp at the same time, to prove him wrong.

haha - was 215/124 😱😱😱😱 within the space if 20 mins it had come down to 158/98 - apart from one blip of 157 pulse, rest of time pulse was a normal range. My bp is never consistently high, especially as I was sitting resting. After an hour I rang 111 to see if I should go to a & e. …. They were more concerned with the nosebleed …. I ended up with them telling me to contact my gp with in the next 12 hours and they would refer me along the right route.

so, was told by surgery to go straight there niw and a gp would see he in a gap between patients. Fine, off we go in the car…. I sit in the freezing cold surgery for 1/2 and hour. See a gp I actually trust, bp still raised but not that high. Heart sounds fine, no sign of af. Nice discussion with him, I end up with additional bp med - candesartan and told I should taking statins too as a preventative. I have to take bp 2 times day for 2 weeks, blood test in two weeks. Won’t refer me back to cardiologist, as not sufficient symptoms when in af (eg no chest pain etc) so next time I am in af I will pay more attention to symptoms as I want to get referred back. Not seen one for about 5 years. I took my first candesartan about 1.30 pm, in full blown af at 2pm, took pip at 2.15pm. Now want to pee for England (sorry)

Am just venting, thanks guys x

[Hidden]

Tilly, may I ask if you are on any other meds other than what you have said - like - Bisoprolol ?

John

[Tilly1957 in reply to Hidden]

hi Carneuny, yes - I have posted before about my journey! I finally ended up with Nebivolol and a pip (verapamil) plus the essential rivaroxaban - the combination has seemed to suit me, until this morning . After two weeks of recording my bp, gp May look at increasing nebivolol (depends on my pulse rate readings over the next 2 weeks)to help manage af better - I did tell him that I was starting to have more af episodes over the last few months.

[Hidden in reply to Tilly1957]

The reason I asked was because some few months after put on Bisoprolol I developed full flow, random nose bleeds for no reason. At the time I had been prescribed Bisoprolol by my Cardiac Consultant to be taken in the morning. For me this was around 6am.

These nose bleeds started around 11 am.

I went back to my GP and explained and she said take them at night. I did her bidding and have never had a nose bleed since, now some 12 years down the track.

Just sayin'.

John

[Tilly1957 in reply to Hidden]

I was in biso for several years before changing to nebivolol - had nose bleeds on and off since my 30’s. So after all that today with super high bp, it’s now 95/56 - pulse is fine though 🤣 - think I may be calling the gp again tomorrow x

[Jajarunner]

Make sure you haven't got HHT. It's rare but not super rare and often undetected. It manifests mainly as nosebleeds but can cause other problems. Hereditary haemorrhagic Telangiectasia is the full name.

hhtireland.org/

[pusillanimous in reply to Jajarunner]

My sister suffered frequent nosebleeds for a number of years - had the usual cauterization and ointments - eventually was diagnosed with a hyperactive thyroid, treated for that and the nosebleeds stopped.

[Tilly1957 in reply to pusillanimous]

interesting, did she have other symptoms for the thyroid issue?

[pusillanimous in reply to Tilly1957]

Yes Tilly, she lost weight and was very tired, but then she was also diagnosed with AF at the same time, which not only goes with thyroid problems but in our case is familial, my father had it and his five daughters all have it - there's a list of faulty genes responsible for it!

[Tilly1957 in reply to pusillanimous]

well, I am definitely not losing weight! I am constantly exhausted, but I also have fibromyalgia. Thank you for the info x

[Tilly1957 in reply to Jajarunner]

I will have a read about it, thank you

[Mitcham]

I hope everything turns out ok one thing don't understand what does seeing a go mean. I thought a go was a mythical figure, from the long distant past.

[Tilly1957 in reply to Mitcham]

agreed 🤗 x

[Tilly1957]

well, I took my bp at midnight ‘cos I was feeling a bit iffy again (but it was late and I am usually sound asleep well before then) it was 96/56 but pulse still around 70 🤣 this morning on waking it was 133/76 followed by 104/51 20mins later! So let’s see what happens today! X