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11/20/2008 17:57
organictexan
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Has anyone experienced high blood pressure with lyme? Unsure if mine is related to the lyme, one of the coinfections or the huge amount of stress I've been under....In September my grandmother passed away, I testified against a massage therapist who assaulted me and three other women - the court ruled in his favor, I was bitten by a spider and had a horrendous case of poison ivy, my car was totaled and was forced to buy another one after having no car payment for 6 years. I got a bad case of brochitis a week after the car accident, my sewer backed up into my house yesterday and then...I was at physical therapy for the car accident injury and my blood pressure was 164/124, today 154/124 so I went immediately to the doctor. He did an EKG, Xray and urine test and said all looked normal. Has placed me on a small dose of bp meds.

I hope this is just short term...I swear my life could be a reality series and a bad one at that!

Post edited by: organictexan, at: 11/20/2008 18:16

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11/20/2008 20:31
KStuff
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Yes! This was and still is one of my most problematic symptoms. Before lyme was diagnosed, I was in the cardiac care unit for 4 days. All the doctors were duped and couldn't explain the high blood pressure. My urine kept coming back normal too. Did you get that spider bite checked out when it happened?
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