adrake from marineocs.com here. I saw a couple of threads on this site regarding elevated blood pressure. I too suffer from elevated systolic pressure (average around 145-155) and low diastolic and believe I may have found the answer, and it's not white coat hypertension as I once thought.
It is possible that we are too healthy for our own good and we trick the machines commonly used to measure our BP. Our arteries are too elastic, which may create pulse wave amplification/interference. It's a documented phenomenon among athletic males with low resting heart rates (mine is around 45-50bpm) who are also a little on the tall side (I'm 5'11").
I've been going back and forth with a cardiologist about this because I'm worried about any initial physicals at OCS and have had a ton of tests (ECG, echo, treadmill stress test, 24 hr Holter monitor, blood workup), and so far the general opinion is not to worry about it. For what it's worth my BP at MEPS was 135/71, so I squeaked by there.
Below are a couple links with a technical description:
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14606439
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/466913
All that being said, those of you who haven't seen a cardiologist about your situation, especially at a young age, would be well served to do so. Some have said that high BP is a silent killer, they're absolutely right. You wont even know you have organ damage or arterial damage until it's too late.
Good luck all.
It is possible that we are too healthy for our own good and we trick the machines commonly used to measure our BP. Our arteries are too elastic, which may create pulse wave amplification/interference. It's a documented phenomenon among athletic males with low resting heart rates (mine is around 45-50bpm) who are also a little on the tall side (I'm 5'11").
I've been going back and forth with a cardiologist about this because I'm worried about any initial physicals at OCS and have had a ton of tests (ECG, echo, treadmill stress test, 24 hr Holter monitor, blood workup), and so far the general opinion is not to worry about it. For what it's worth my BP at MEPS was 135/71, so I squeaked by there.
Below are a couple links with a technical description:
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14606439
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/466913
All that being said, those of you who haven't seen a cardiologist about your situation, especially at a young age, would be well served to do so. Some have said that high BP is a silent killer, they're absolutely right. You wont even know you have organ damage or arterial damage until it's too late.
Good luck all.
