High Blood Pressure

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How common is high blood pressure in infants?
High blood pressure in adults is of course an increasingly common problem - but what about in children or in infants?
Well, in truth there are two possible scenarios here - the first is where hypertension or raised BP is found in an older child or teenager. This is [...]

Could you tell me why my BL/PRESS is high first thing after getting out of bed 200/104 then during the day drops to a more manageble 150/80, Iam a 65 year old male that only went to the docters with a finger nail problem, when he checked my bl/press it was he said high at [...]

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 [...]