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What Causes Headache When The Resting Heart Rate Is 98 Bpm?
Question: My mom has been experiencing what she calls "spells". She gets a slight headache, becomes confused, makes noises like moaning, her hand starts tingling, her throat gets red and she starts twiddling her thumbs. She has had an EEG completed with no signs of seizures. My mom takes over 10 vitamins and diet supplements every day, some of them twice a day, which are mostly herbal medicines. I keep trying to tell her to stop taking the herbal supplements as I believe she is poisioning her body but she wont listen to me. Her heart rate at the doctor's office was 98 but her blood pressure was normal. Can you please provide me with some insight as to how dietary supplements could be the cause of her complications? Thank you.
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
The herbal medicines do not undergo any clinical and toxicological studies and they may be working mainly on the faith of the individual. High doses of fat soluble vitamins A & D can produce toxicity in high doses. Their blood levels can be tested and should be stopped if the levels are high. Water soluble vitamins like B & C are less of a problem as these are excreted in the urine.
I agree with you that she should not be taking too many herbal supplements as some of them have adverse interaction.
If she is anxious and has no history of asthma she can take a small dose of Inderal ( propranolol) like 10mg once or twice a day to control her heart rate.
Do get back to me if you have further queries.
Discussion follows
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
The herbal medicines do not undergo any clinical and toxicological studies and they may be working mainly on the faith of the individual. High doses of fat soluble vitamins A & D can produce toxicity in high doses. Their blood levels can be tested and should be stopped if the levels are high. Water soluble vitamins like B & C are less of a problem as these are excreted in the urine.
I agree with you that she should not be taking too many herbal supplements as some of them have adverse interaction.
If she is anxious and has no history of asthma she can take a small dose of Inderal ( propranolol) like 10mg once or twice a day to control her heart rate.
Do get back to me if you have further queries.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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