Hey there,
So about a month ago, I checked my blood pressure for the first time and it was sitting around 150/100, which was weird because my pulse is usually pretty low, like under 50. On May 1st, I actually woke up feeling this sharp pain in the back of my head, and when I checked my numbers, my BP had spiked to 170/115 with a pulse of 55. I grabbed some aspirin and some over-the-counter stuff to help with the discomfort, and then popped into a local CVS about half an hour later to get a re-check, where it was still high at 150/110. Right after that, I headed straight to the hospital to get everything looked at. I’m only 25, and even though I work a standard 9-to-5 office job, I’ve been getting back into handball lately. Following my primary doctor's advice, I saw a cardiologist on May 9th, 2015, who ran an EKG, a physical, and an echocardiogram. He told me I have borderline left ventricular hypertrophy and basically said I need to cut back on the fats and salt in my diet. My life is pretty fast-paced—I'm constantly commuting between two different cities—and I still go out and grab drinks every other weekend, though I try to balance it all out by hiking, eating better, and staying active. I’ve been monitoring my blood pressure, and it usually hovers around 135/90 with that low heart rate, but sometimes it just spikes out of nowhere before settling back down.
I was hoping maybe someone here could take a look at these results and give me a second opinion, because honestly, this whole thing has really freaked me out, especially since I'm still relatively "young," if you can even call it that these days.
Bloodwork:
http://i62.tinypic.com/72push.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/140iyq0.jpg
Internist:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2njydd4.jpg
Echo:
http://i58.tinypic.com/124a2hw.jpg
EKG:
May 4, 2015. http://i61.tinypic.com/e9hf80.jpg
May 9, 2015. http://i62.tinypic.com/350kj74.jpg
So about a month ago, I checked my blood pressure for the first time and it was sitting around 150/100, which was weird because my pulse is usually pretty low, like under 50. On May 1st, I actually woke up feeling this sharp pain in the back of my head, and when I checked my numbers, my BP had spiked to 170/115 with a pulse of 55. I grabbed some aspirin and some over-the-counter stuff to help with the discomfort, and then popped into a local CVS about half an hour later to get a re-check, where it was still high at 150/110. Right after that, I headed straight to the hospital to get everything looked at. I’m only 25, and even though I work a standard 9-to-5 office job, I’ve been getting back into handball lately. Following my primary doctor's advice, I saw a cardiologist on May 9th, 2015, who ran an EKG, a physical, and an echocardiogram. He told me I have borderline left ventricular hypertrophy and basically said I need to cut back on the fats and salt in my diet. My life is pretty fast-paced—I'm constantly commuting between two different cities—and I still go out and grab drinks every other weekend, though I try to balance it all out by hiking, eating better, and staying active. I’ve been monitoring my blood pressure, and it usually hovers around 135/90 with that low heart rate, but sometimes it just spikes out of nowhere before settling back down.
I was hoping maybe someone here could take a look at these results and give me a second opinion, because honestly, this whole thing has really freaked me out, especially since I'm still relatively "young," if you can even call it that these days.
Bloodwork:
http://i62.tinypic.com/72push.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/140iyq0.jpg
Internist:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2njydd4.jpg
Echo:
http://i58.tinypic.com/124a2hw.jpg
EKG:
May 4, 2015. http://i61.tinypic.com/e9hf80.jpg
May 9, 2015. http://i62.tinypic.com/350kj74.jpg