really? on what basis?
I mean, even I'm not going to argue with a cardiologist, but unless you have a certain very specific medical condition I'm amazed.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:14, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

The simple fact is, if you are dehydrated your body does not create
Rwd blood cells as efficiently as it should, so before giving drugs to anyone they suggest drinking more water.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:15, Reply)

Also I'm allowed to eat salt willy nilly
Strikethrough as you wish
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:16, Reply)

Did you show it to the girl next door?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:31, Reply)

so that might mean someone with apparently low blood pressure could then become within a normal range
but could it also make a normal reading high? one for the cardio maybe.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:16, Reply)

Or you might simple have bone cancer
Probably caught it from your bent boyfriend's cock
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:18, Reply)

i could do with that right now
take my mind off this blood pressure shit
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:19, Reply)

Sorry, you could do with bone cancer, or your bent boyfriend's cock?

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:22, Reply)

i'd prefer the cock, if i'm being entirely honest

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:26, Reply)

I'm not completely surprised

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:33, Reply)

that's for elevated blood pressure.
dehydration increases not decreases blood pressure. The only condition I'm aware of that does the reverse is autonomic failure.

There has been some fairly unsubstantiated research that suggests in a small proportion of people there is a very short term (15 mins or so) increase in blood pressure immediately after drinking a large amount of water - thought to be due to a misfiring control receptor - but otherwise, like I say, I'm astonished.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:18, Reply)

Meh, just what I was told
Probably nhs cuts innit?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:19, Reply)

no, genuinely, he's a cardiologist
I'm sure he's got a million times better handle on this than me, I just can't possibly imagine how it could happen, except the receptor thing, and that's really short term.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:23, Reply)