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I woke up 2am two weeks ago with tachycardia, so I went to the ER. My BP was 160/74 and my K+ was 3.2 meq/L. The ER gave me 50mg Lopressor once a day (POD?). Plus, they gave me 20 meq of K+ for 2 weeks. They did a chest x-ray and I will be getting an echocardiogram next week.
I remember earlier that day I had muscle twitches and some cramping in my forearms and maybe in my calves. I thought is was strange because I eat very healthy---high fiber, fruits/vegs, water, fish, fish oil, multivitamin just for precaution. I exercise and least 3x/wk. Oh yeah, I also eat even more K+ containing foods than in the past which was alot. Parents have hight BP but they are inactive and eat junk food and thus are overweight.
To this day, I get some twitches and tingling in the forehead and sometimes the hands and feet. Sometimes, I got tachycardia when I ate foods with higher sodium content on Sunday. Frequent night bathroom trips are annoying too.
It just doesn't seem like I would have primary hypertension. I though maybe I had some form of secondary hypertension. One doc says look into adrenal studies although this person is not my PCF. One of my PCF (P.A.) seemed insulted that I asked about it. "Your kidneys are fine" "What about adrenals? She says if my K+ turns out fine after two weeks after initial treatment, it won't be secondary hypertension. True?
I remember earlier that day I had muscle twitches and some cramping in my forearms and maybe in my calves. I thought is was strange because I eat very healthy---high fiber, fruits/vegs, water, fish, fish oil, multivitamin just for precaution. I exercise and least 3x/wk. Oh yeah, I also eat even more K+ containing foods than in the past which was alot. Parents have hight BP but they are inactive and eat junk food and thus are overweight.
To this day, I get some twitches and tingling in the forehead and sometimes the hands and feet. Sometimes, I got tachycardia when I ate foods with higher sodium content on Sunday. Frequent night bathroom trips are annoying too.
It just doesn't seem like I would have primary hypertension. I though maybe I had some form of secondary hypertension. One doc says look into adrenal studies although this person is not my PCF. One of my PCF (P.A.) seemed insulted that I asked about it. "Your kidneys are fine" "What about adrenals? She says if my K+ turns out fine after two weeks after initial treatment, it won't be secondary hypertension. True?