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High BP, Feel Weak, Legs Shaky. Taking Doxycycline. Suggestion?
what causes a blood pressure reading of 203 over 85 ? I also feel extremely weak and seem to have very limited balance. I am 77 years old and 2 years ago had tick fever which seems to recur or at least the symptoms do. Guillain- barre syndrome or its close cousin has now reached my knees and my legs are becoming very shaky. I get esophageal spasms that only nitro and GI cocktail can stop. For months ago had a stint put in my heart. I became a full vegetarian, lost 20 lbs, walk on a treadmill every day and started feeling a lot better until a bout 10 days ago. I am now so weak I can hardly move. I feel like I am dying the same way I felt when I had tick fever. I have doxycyline and wonder if it would hurt to take it.
Mon, 22 Jul 2013
HI,
YOUR DOXYCYCLINE IS NO WAY RELATED TO YOUR SYMPTOMS,IS THE HIGH B.P NOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME? AND IF YOU ARE NOT A KNOWN HYPERTENSIVE THEN CONSULT YOUR CARDIOLOGIST,CONTINOUS HIGH B.P AND UNTREATED HIGH B.P LEADS TO BRAIN HEAMRROHAGE.SO CONSULT A GENERAL PHYSICIAN OR CARDILOGIST.TAKE CARE
YOUR DOXYCYCLINE IS NO WAY RELATED TO YOUR SYMPTOMS,IS THE HIGH B.P NOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME? AND IF YOU ARE NOT A KNOWN HYPERTENSIVE THEN CONSULT YOUR CARDIOLOGIST,CONTINOUS HIGH B.P AND UNTREATED HIGH B.P LEADS TO BRAIN HEAMRROHAGE.SO CONSULT A GENERAL PHYSICIAN OR CARDILOGIST.TAKE CARE
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