Dehydration, LBP & PD
 

Always had v low blood pressure till going on PD meds - now it fluctuates a bit, but has very slowly been creeping up, especially since an anticholinergic was added to my regime. After meals and when meds are wearing off it drops. For many years I felt light headed when I stood up suddenly, and the slight increase has benefitted me. I was under the impression that many people with PD had low blood pressure. I often wondered whether this could lead to inadequate brain 'nutrition'. Also whether this and a tendency to dehydration (I have for many years 'forgotten' to drink enough) exacerbated both PD and LBP. I have an impaired sense of thirst that has been an issue for about 15 years.

Interesting how many people have a history of LBP.

Lindy

I have also always had low blood pressure.

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My blood pressure has always been very low.

In fact, after a terrible car accident (in which I broke 2
ribs and the car was totaled) a few years ago, the paramedic
asked, after checking my bp, "Are you still with us?"

I'll check mine at in the morning and at night and see if there's a difference. I take atenolol in the morning for high BP. Maybe I need it at night instead. I'd taken then and the pharmacist told me to take it in the morning and I didn't bother to research it.

Last time I saw a doctor (Monday) it was low normal and I felt queezy (I was very nervous about some test results): 100 over 70.

My father had PD and his BP was too low. Had to add more salt to his diet. I don't recall if he needed any medication for it. His cholesterol was very low, too. Mine is high.

Oh dear...
 

...mine is surprisingly normal.Despite being a pain in the a**e child [ refused to go to school if my knicker elastic was a tad loose,or if my hair parting wasn`t sock down the middle of my head :eek: ] no..wasn`t spoilt...just a perfectionist...and yes I agree..my mum should have slapped me one and sent me off to school in the baggiest of underwear to teach me a lesson ...anyhow...told you this to illustrate how hyper I used to get...and still my blood pressure remains constant...throughout.

HOWEVER...Have you considered researching BLOOD TYPES?
Cos there is a book called Eat Right for your Blood type or something like that...and it makes interesting reading.
I am a rhesus negative and a rare group within the rhesus group.Had to have anti D injections after both babies were born.
But..back to the book...which tells you the history/origin of the blood types,what ailments you are likely to get...and which foods to avoid or consume.
Guess which illness I am prone to.....?!!!

I`m neither patient or clever enough to survey this so you might like a go instead :D

Ugh! All this talk about leucocytes/phagocytes/erythrocytes/corpuscles?

steffi

very interesting

Steffi, I've seen the book, I think it's the one you mean. It is fascinating to speculate about the origins of blood types, but I thought the blood type diets were rather humbuggy. For instance, most Scandinavians are blood type A, and one thing we A blood types should not eat, according to that book, is Herring. Herring has been on the daily menu in Scandinavia both for lunch and dinner since the ice drew back after the last ice age. We could not have survived for so long and been so generally healthy if we'd eaten the wrong thing every day for several thousand years. It is a neat idea, but I think the idea of special foods for different blood types is just that - a really neat idea, but not a good idea.

I hope you'll forgive me for stepping in with my big hobnailed shoes and calling the book silly. I think you're wise not to read it too closely. Maybe it isn't even the same book!!!
I'm A (negative) and I'm going to keep eating Herring.

birte

Thank goodness for this!! I'd not come across anyone else with this symptom until now I'm sure my husband thought I was mad when I said I felt faint, dizzy or tired after eating a meal. I knew about hypotension as a drug side-effect. As part of a PD drug entry trial I was initially prescribed Sinemet. In the 1 wk I took it I fell/fainted most times I stood from sitting, wobbled around & generally thought I was dying.