Wife's bp over 400!

[Hbp200]

My wife's a former professional bodybuilder . She had to retire due to her malignant hypertension. Her pressure is usually around 210/140. During a recent research study on hypertensive female bodybuilders and the effect of heavy weight lifting on blood pressure. My wife's pressure at 80% maximum load was 370/350 and at 100% max her pressure was 417/385 measured via a catheter in her brachial artery. I am a physicians assistant and monitor her pressure daily. On the treadmill her pressure is usually close to 300mm. She has a appointment for a battery of cardiovascular tests next week. Below are one of my better readings

[jim444]

hi hbp200 that is the highest ive come across mine was 210 -85 the eve i got a tia when i was admitted to the emergency unit the medics put me on a coctail of bp meds and kept checking the reading on 2hourly intervals until they found the one that suited ---like yourself i am a very fit person 16-4 weight h 5-11 the also inserted 2 stents i was told only because i was so fit i very likely could have died or a serious stroke my bp today is 141 -79 on 4 small doses of bp drugs and a stat ans blood thiner ------ any way i hope things will be ok--------also diet is very important and an hour of walking daily or less regards eddie

[Ianc2 in reply to jim444]

16 stone 4llbs might be your problem. If you can shed some weight you may find the pressure drops a bit more at 141-79 you are not far off the 120/70 that seems to the approved measurement

[jim444 in reply to Ianc2]

hope she is improving in the in the bp ---------magnesium and coq10 daily is very good for reducing bp along with taurine i take these--------with my own situtation i find it very difficult to lose weight eventhough i exercise a lot i find it makes me hungry best of luck edd

[Tinkynutbug]

Praying for her to get her numbers down!

[Tinkynutbug]

How is your wife did you guys lower her numbers?

[Hbp200 in reply to Tinkynutbug]

She's on 6 antihypertensive drugs plus weekly intravenous Labetalol.

Her pressure is still quite elevated but much more manageable 176/120.

[kindred7]

Hi there, I read you're in the medical field. But I just wanted to ask anyway if your wife had been tested for a pheo? I have been reading that pheochromocytoma and pseudopheochromocytomas can cause malignant hypertension. Her numbers are beyond dangerously high, and I am so sorry she's dealing with this. I would really recommend getting her GP or an endo to test for it. It's a 24 hr urine test and a few other ones that could point in the right direction. But false negatives can happen for various reasons. They probably need to, at least, start with a CT scan.

[Hbp200]

Last week her pressure was checked in the gym using a Dinamap monitor. Her pressure couldn't be measured. I then used a aneroid monitor and inflated the cuff past 300mm. Her artery began pounding through the stethoscope at 340. Her diastolic was 280.

[kindred7 in reply to Hbp200]

That is shockingly high. Has she seen an endo? Pheos can cause this, among other things. It doesn't seem like she has primary hypertension at all.