On 29/01/2021 10:31, Paul wrote:
Jimmy Stewart ... wrote:
On 29/01/2021 09:42, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote:
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Well about the same time as the eye changes I was getting migraines
with aura once a day for about a week ....I have been having
migraines with aura off and on for about 20 years...I used put my
migraines with aura down to Chocolate but I had been off chocolate
for months so I thought it might be too much salt ...so I stopped
adding salt to my food ...and I loved my salt...and within a few days
my migraines stopped and after a week my eyes had returned to their
normal state...so it was too much salt ...Â* sodium poisoning.....have
to say I never linked my migraines with aura to too much salt
before....I did like my salt though....but no more if it causes all
those problems and more....and my dizziness has gone as well....


https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...t-warning-salt

and I found that article AFTER I stopped taking excess salt in my
food.....

Do you have a home blood pressure machine ?

My acephalgic aura disappeared, after I got my blood pressure under
control.

I was getting aura for ten minutes, back
when my pressure was 200 over 100. As soon
as I got on some meds, the aura stopped.
I haven't had an aura since.

The doctors have a variety of stupid advice:

1) "Just ignore it" said one doctor.
Â*Â* I love turnips, but would you like that person for a doctor ?

2) "If it continues, see a neurologist" said the other.
Â*Â* I award points for that answer.

At least at the hospital eye clinic, the intern ran off and
consulted a fully-fledged doctor, to get the name
of the condition right.

But BP is enough to set it off. There are probably
lots of reasons, but that was my reason.

And as for blood pressure, high BP is like that radiator
hose in your car, that bursts when it gets old. My
grandmother died from an event like that, high blood
pressure ripping apart some blood vessel and she
bled out internally. That's called "dissection",
when part of your plumbing bursts and blood goes
places it's not supposed to.

If you don't have a BP machine, see if a doctors
clinic will check it for you. Tell them your aura
symptoms so they'll take you seriously. My clinic
stopped doing BP cuffs in the COVID era, which
is why they may hesitate to measure you (means cleaning
off the cuff, lazy staff, etc).

If you're a "strict stay at home, no risks for me thanks"
person, just order a BP machine and have it delivered.
The little battery machines are relatively cheap.
I could afford one. I check BP twice a day and log
it. The drug store had three prices for them.
It's nice if you can examine the cuff in
advance, as some cuffs are better than others,
but in the COVID era, just getting the machine
is a start. The cuff plugs in via an air hose,
and if there were standards, you could get a
replacement cuff and plug in. The plug in, is
just a compression fit.

The machine uses a colour code. If it's "red", you're
not lookin good. If it's "yellow", you still need to
fix it, but you're not going to die instantly.
It's unlikely to be "green" in your case - I'm
on meds and mine is usually "yellow". When summer
comes and I get outdoors, it goes back to "green".
But stuffed in the house in winter, "yellow" is more common.

If your BP is high enough, your life expectancy
can be as short as two hours. BP can kill. My boss
at work had to hurry off to hospital, because
he was way way up there, and close to frying.

Before they can write a script for meds, you need
a blood test for kidney function. At the hospital,
when they did that test, the results came back in
ten to fifteen minutes or so, making it easy for
the doctor to write me a script and boot me out
the door. That can provide a little relief
until your regular clinic visit. I was put on a
diuretic, until I could see a doctor. And that's
why they check your kidneys aren't marginal,
as the diuretic is the first drug they reach for.

Â*Â* Paul
my BP is fine ave 128 78 ish