High Blood Pressure

I have been suffering with shoulder pain recently and went to an orthopedic doctor who gave me a joint injection with steroid. This worked but since then I’ve been getting high readings on my home blood pressure monitor.
Are these things connected?
Can  steroid joint injections cause me to develop higher blood pressure?

Can low blood pressure cause me to feel tired all the time?
Some websites say that fatigue is associated with low blood pressure - others say that high blood pressure can cause it too - so which is it then? Am getting confused.
I just know that I feel washed out and tired all day - my [...]

I am a 72 year old female, 5′7″, 133 lbs. I am in reasonably good health but am on Actonel for bone density loss. For several months now my blood pressure will suddenly rise to as high as 210/124 and last for several minutes then gradually decrease to somewhers around 130/80. This happens once or [...]

I am a 62 year old woman. I have been treated for Graves Disease years ago, and have had controlled high BP for 30 years. Lately as I gained weight my BP has become elevated to 160/85. I was taking Hyzaar 100mg/25mg and Atenolol 25 mg. Doctor took me off the [...]

I am female 55yrs old,5 0kg, 1.70m, - cholesterol etc all low to normal, non smoker, no other health problems, take exercise, good diet etc - have suffered from HPB for 1 year. Medictions have proved difficult because of side effects and my reluctance to take long term. I have suceeded in keeping BP under [...]

I recently was experiencing big drops in my blood pressure. My baseline blood pressure is low about 90/60 — I was taking about 500mg of magnesium as part of a calcium/magnesium supplement. I was also taking an additional 150 - 250 mg of magnesium. I noticed on days when the magnesium dose was higher, my [...]

I recently was admitted to hosp. in Australia with Heart Block?? on return to u.k. my G.P. states it was a faint due to Low B/P and states I must :-
1. Loose the extra weight i have gained .
2. If attack re-occurs -Cross legs and tighten hand repeatedly to increase blood flow.
But he assures me [...]

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Can anyone help me out to understand this better?
I know that countries like Spain and Greece seem to have less health problems and I’ve read that it’s due to the mediterranean diet. I also heard from my doctor that the good bits are the red wine and the olive oil. And also not too much [...]

Chocolate and blood pressure …… mmmm
How much chocolate should I eat if I want it to lower my blood pressure? And is it a special kind of chocolate that I need or is it just the normal sort I can buy anywhere.
I need to be careful because I have borderline diabetes but if I balance [...]

I just read an article about how taking the blood pressure reading round the ankle is a good way to predict my risk of stroke or heart attack.
Can I do this ankle blood pressure test with my own home blood pressure monitor?
What readings should I look out for?
I have a history in my family of [...]