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Posted on 12/23/2021 1:58:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
What St. Joseph's Hospital in Tucson is seeing in ER patients
The pandemic has lingering effects and one of them that’s getting attention is the increased number of people dealing with newly diagnosed high blood pressure issues. KGUN 9 spoke to an expert at St. Joseph’s Hospital about new cases coming through their doors.
Internist Dr. Nathaniel Rial with St. Joseph’s says he’s seeing more people come into the emergency room who find out they have new conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease and its being diagnosed in later stages. Some of it may have been sparked by bad habits picked up by patients during the pandemic.
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The American Heart Association released a new report that says blood pressure issues got worse for both men and women since the start of the pandemic.
However, women and older adults have the highest number changes. About 500,000 adults took part in the study.
"My interpretation is that there are more females unfortunately who may not know that they have these conditions because they’re not going to regular appointments,” Rial said.
According to St. Joseph’s Hospital in 2020 there were 1,420 stroke cases that came in and in 2021 that number jumped to 1,1884. The age of the typical patient is also continuing to change.
"We’re seeing the biggest impact on unvaccinated patients. At this point the grouping of ages are now from 20 to 50,” Rial said.
Right now, experts say at about 50% of American adults have high blood pressure issues that can lead to heart disease.
Dr. Rial says the bottom line is to pay close attention to changes in your health.
"There needs to be more research to definitively describe but I think a lot of the treatments for COVID includes steroids. High dose steroids for prolonged periods of time can contribute to things like diabetes,” Rial said.
Signs of High Blood Pressure: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/why-high-blood-pressure-is-a-silent-killer/what-are-the-symptoms-of-high-blood-pressure
My doctor told me last month that spikes in blood pressure had become more common with the COVID shots.
Stress
Paging Captain Obvious!
Got me worried, I had to pull out the BP monitor and check.
107 over 76.
Must not be too freaked out.
Clot shots plus 24/7 propaganda stress.
NSJ
I got the J&J vax in early April. Since then, my entire household has had a Covid case, with the exception of my 8-year old grand niece. I tested negative in August.
I am now pre-diabetic and have high blood pressure.
Coincidence?
I think I found the problem...
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They’re pimping more Chinese CCP BP meds to finish you off after the poison jabs.
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“Big fat DUH. Where are people’s blood pressure taken? At a doctor’s office or hospital. With all the COVID FEAR PORN GOING ON, is it any mystery why blood pressures are so high at doctor’s office.”
My wife and many other people suffer from White Coat Syndrome, where/when someone, an RN, aide or a doctor with a white coat on sends BP’s up and out of control by simply doing a BP check. Usually by the 3rd BP check (at the same time/place) she usually becomes normal after the BP second test.
That happened yesterday as a vascular Doctor did a BP test to be a final test before a hip replacement.
My wife’s readings, 1 done by a RN and then one by the doctor were really high. Her 3rd reading by the doctor was 105 over 65, which is her normal reading around our home.
The cure for this is a Fauci bobo doll to kick. Or to go to a trap range where the instructor shouts, “Shoot the flying Fauci.”
I read that to get a correct reading, the patient needs to be sitting for at least five minutes. Doctors/nurses usually don’t do that.
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