Does anyone know how to raise ones blood pressure?
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Lifestyle changes are an essential part of controlling high blood pressure.
A healthy lifestyle is an integral part of any treatment plan to control high blood pressure. Even if you need medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), and many people do, your lifestyle still plays a central role in your treatment strategy. If you successfully control your blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle, you may avoid, delay or reduce the need for medication.
By making only one healthy change to your lifestyle, you're likely to be more successful controlling your blood pressure than is someone who doesn't make any changes. A lower blood pressure can help you live a longer and fuller life, and prevent heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and dementia.
Lifestyle changes that can change your life
Lifestyle change — it may sound both simple and overwhelming at the same time. But, breaking it down to manageable pieces can help you start down the road to reducing your blood pressure and benefiting from the trickle down health effects of doing so.
Lose excess weight
Blood pressure often increases as weight increases. Losing just 10 pounds can help reduce your blood pressure by several points. In general, the greater the weight loss, the greater the reduction in blood pressure. Weight loss also increases the effectiveness of blood pressure medications (antihypertensives).
Check your weight. Calculating your body mass index (BMI) and measuring your waist circumference are two ways to help tell if you're overweight or obese. In general, if your BMI is 25 to 29, you're overweight, and if it's 30 or higher, you're obese.
Measure your waist circumference. Waist circumference is a useful tool to assess abdominal fat. In general, men are considered overweight if their waist measurement is greater than 40 inches. And women, in general, are overweight if their waist measurement is greater than 35 inches.
Talk to your doctor. You and your doctor can determine your target weight and the best way to achieve it.
Make changes. Eat healthier, exercise and change self-defeating behaviors, such as late-night snacking or big servings at meals. Medications or even surgery might be options for some people.
Avoid questionable products. Don't be lured by promises of easy fixes with over-the-counter diet products or supplements that can actually harm you, such as those containing ephedra. Dietary supplements that contain ephedra have been banned in the United States since April 2004.
I REAAALLLYY dnt noe. im sorry, but i predict ur father is close to the end. u cant so anythng abt it.
well try gettin his heart to beat faster with caffine or the best way but most dangerous cuz of his age is those stacker weight lose pills make ur heart beat fast i tried one and omg it felt like it was about ot beat right out of my chest literally
The blood pressure reading is actually two numbers, a systolic number (the "top" number), which indicates how much pressure is put on the arteries when the heart contracts, and a diastolic number (the "bottom" number) indicates how much residual pressure is in the arteries while the heart is refilling and not actually beating.
Giving a number of 66 or 80 doesn't exactly make much sense, as it doesn't indicate whether its a systolic or diastolic measurement.
Ways to raise blood pressure:
consuming extra salt
caffeine can raise blood pressure
a medication called midodrine will raise blood pressure, as with epinepherine and dopamine
From the sounds of it, if your father has a systolic blood pressure in the sixties seventies or eighties, he should be under the care of a health care provider who can give you an accurate assessment of your father's blood pressure, and any other health complications that may need to be considered.
Good luck.
caffine or do something extreme...
Exercise or caffeine but at his age you should consult a doctor before trying anything. It could be the sign of a serious medical problem.
give him a red bull
Seriously, The numbers you quote don't make a lot of sense. However, you can often raise blood pressure by simply drinking some water especially if you are dehydrated. I learned this in cardiac rehabilitation where my diastolic pressure would sometimes go into the 40's. It only takes a few minutes to work.
I had a similar issue with my father when he was about 77. He had cut back on drinking fluids because he was having prostrate issues and having to go to the bathroom a lot. His BP crashed and he started getting cramps. Your father might be doing the same thing. Just a thought.
But, a diastolic pressure of 66 is not bad. If your father is not dizzy, I wouldn't worry about it. My cardiologist likes to keep mine low. Right now I am running 108/58 and it is pretty typical for me but I take medication to lower it.
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