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Fatty liver and high blood pressure

5 months ago•13 Replies

I've been diagnosed with fatty liver but my blood pressure is sky high again and I've been prescribed 2 additional tablets BP 178/92 hr99 blood pressure gone down now to 159/91 still tachycardic dizzy spells as well got the doctor ringing me today

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mickeymouse425 months ago

Tachycardia and fatty liver disease are associated with B12 deficiency. Do you know your B12 levels?

wp69 in reply to mickeymouse425 months ago

Im very interested in low B12 and liver issues , could you point me towards some articles about this please .

Sheliabee in reply to wp695 months ago

My doctor has put me on more blood pressure tablets 4 in total and my b12 is 783

mickeymouse42 in reply to wp695 months ago

This article mentions that Dr Oben who’s a consultant at Guy’s and an academic at UCL’S liver institute things there’s a link between B12 and fatty liver disease:

medicalnewstoday.com/articl...

Sheliabee in reply to mickeymouse425 months ago

My b12 levels are 783 there good

AyrshireK5 months ago

The NHS has a page all about hypertension/high blood pressure which may be of use to you. As well as medications there are often lifestyle changes you can make that may lower your HBP. nhs.uk/conditions/high-bloo...

This is probably a totally different issue to your liver condition although as you have fatty liver - there may be a reason for both that is linked i.e. weight, diet - other causes.

Rather than keep prescribing pills they should also be looking to identify the cause of your issue and take steps to address that.

Katie

Sheliabee in reply to AyrshireK5 months ago

I know they should, I'm taking 4 different blood pressure tablets and my blood pressure is 156/94 so it has come down from what It was yesterday which was in the 180's

AyrshireK in reply to Sheliabee5 months ago

Are you doing ALL you can to tackle this? Your meds can only support your own efforts, you maybe need to make some lifestyle, diet and exercise changes too as detailed in the NHS Hypertension link above.

Sheliabee in reply to AyrshireK5 months ago

I'm hardly eating yesterday 2 kefir yogurt's and 2 fat free yougarts my appite has gone I feel nauseous after eating where I have a dry mouth and throat I find it hard to swallow food

Sheliabee in reply to AyrshireK5 months ago

My blood pressure is 140/81 now it's got a lot better

AyrshireK in reply to Sheliabee5 months ago

I doubt an increase in meds has improved it in this short space of time, maybe you are getting a bit of white coat syndrome / anxiety raising your BP when it's being taken.

Sheliabee in reply to AyrshireK5 months ago

It could be

Sheliabee in reply to AyrshireK5 months ago

I've lost nearly 1 and a half stone

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