HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

[GPUSMMA13]

I have high blood pressure, and take medicine daily to control it. I am a senior at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and am attempting to commission active duty Navy and enter flight school. Is there any way to get this problem cleared so I will not be disqualified?

 

[Schnugg]

Lay off the salt and see if it is diet induced or hereditary. Although you probably already know that answer, right?

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KP 85-5

 

[GPUSMMA13]

Will lay off the salt. I think the problem is somewhat hereditary, but going here to Kings Point doesn't help at all, due to the stress, haha.

 

[BACONATOR]

Coming from me this will be especially ironic, but maybe lay off the ALL CAPS when posting?

 

[Renegade One]

Here's the deal...blood pressure can be a freaking boogeyman. Assuming you "Pass" the NAMI or whatever physicals...every time an HM straps a BP cuff to your arm, you're likely to suffer from what's recognized as "White Coat Syndrome"...e.g., your BP is unusually high ONLY because your BP is being taken FOR THE RECORD. No stress at all during your Annual FP, right? You're probably perfectly normal the rest of the time...

I've always been "suspect" of "numbers" that are a societal norm, but don't speak at all to my body, my genetics, or what may be "normal" for me. That argument falls on deaf ears in an organization that's tailored to the "5th to 95th"percentile.

This is a good question for Feddoc or others closer to today's PQ standards/authorized controlling meds/life-style modifiers, etc.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

I have high blood pressure, and take medicine daily to control it. I am a senior at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and am attempting to commission active duty Navy and enter flight school. Is there any way to get this problem cleared so I will not be disqualified?

If you are currently on medication and it is in your medical records you will get dinged with "history of XXXXX" if you were not on medication it would be much easier to get pass this issue, but generally when you are put on medication it means all other means have been exhausted.

FYI, I had an applicant who's BP was borderline hovered right about 140, his doc put him on BP meds as a preventative measure, he then went off them to come in, med docs submitted and even though he was able to get BP reading under 140 he was PDQ due to "history of high BP with medication"

 

[feddoc]

http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmotc/nami/arwg/Documents/WaiverGuide/Waiver Guide - Cardiology 080623.pdf

The waiver guide says no to applicants who need meds to control BP. The key for you is to see if you can control it without meds.

 

[S.O.B.]

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