Posted on 07/11/2010 5:16:43 PM PDT by neverdem
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Sorry, but the science of health care seems to change with the winds (north is better, south is worse). I really do not trust a thing that comes out of this conglomeration of social science. Actually, the best thing is to stay away from hospitals (worse place for catching an infection) and only taking any medication if your life is in danger.
Of course, this would also have the benefit of lowering health care costs considerably...(so, no that won’t happen)!
"A man cannot see what his paycheck won't allow!"
Sometimes I feel as if I’m living in the Middle Ages.
Take your stats and shove'm.
Millions of people have died who have "perfect" numbers.
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Somehow, keeping my blood pressure above 120/80 would likely meet the same response. The logic seems to be "if x is what the CDC says is right, then x -10% is even better so that's where we want you."
I'll only say I've had far fewer headaches keeping my BP below 120/80 than before then. And regular exercise, even walking, is the best medicine of all.
We're all different (I prefer swimming to walking), the drug pushers can't stand that, they even fudge the results of testing if it helps them sell drugs, "evil, pure and simple from the 8th demension"(quote from Buckeroo Bonzai")
ps. Also see How Weed won the West for true medical diversity.
122 is relatively low compared to many people. That is not really a cause for alarm. You though are alarmed by numbers that you have been taught by the medical profession. Just another example of the Health System getting people alarmed for little or nothing...
<Take your stats and shove’m.
<Millions of people have died who have “perfect” numbers.
Amen, sister. My BP is pretty good, but as a diabetic, over time they tried out 3 different BP lowering meds ‘just in case.’ I wound up in ER twice due to low BP; I thought I was having a heart attack.
Even after a 24 hour cuff showed that I didn’t have high BP, the endo swore meds were the best thing for me as a diabetic. After the ER experiences, I’ve told them to shove their meds. If I had high BP, that would be one thing, but this prophylactic medicating is garbage and probably dangerous. I frequently take my BP at home; if things got bad, I’d report it to the doc, but if not, to heck with ‘em.
Where are the leeches?
Stuck to the cautery irons.
When I was young normal was 140/80. Now they have it below 120, which I think is a collusion to sell Statins.
Statins primarily affect cholesterol, not blood pressure. But, there are plenty of blood pressure medications to sell!
It's the gray hair and the damn wrinkles that get me. :-)
The difference is due, in part, to minor blood pressure changes that are normal on a moment to moment basis and also to the fact that you have warmed up the plastic wrapper!
Your first reading is a combined reading for your blood pressure AND the resistance of the blood pressure device's covering.
Close your eyes, begin humming "Ummmmmmmmmm" very quietly to yourself ~ imagine your body levitating above the examination table, think quiet thoughts ~ imagine your heart beat slowing ~ GOOD FOR 10 POINTS EVERY SINGLE TIME!
Heh...now you are talking sense... Well, if that’s true, your not really living are you? Just kidding of course, but it does seem that way too many who seem to think that keeping within the numbers is the key a long and prosperous life. Unfortunately, crap happens and it catches us all at some point... As to the wrinkles and gray hair (geez, I wish I had hair that was gray)..Oh well...(Not going to even talk about the wrinkles)...
.."I'm just glad we don't have to walk uphill in the snow both way to school anymore."
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