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SofaGeorge
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Bro, get your BP checked ASAP. And I'd suggest you get scheduled for a full physical and tell your doctor about this.
Hopefully, it is nothing, but given that it last 30 minutes... there are a couple serious possibilities your doctor is going to want to check out.
Hopefully, it is nothing, but given that it last 30 minutes... there are a couple serious possibilities your doctor is going to want to check out.
KickNitRight
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SofaGeorge said:
seriously, this is really great advice...
oso0960
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Would the problem be that my blood pressure is too high?
I was in the hospital 2 months ago (appendix) and it was fine at the time.
Do you know of what serious possibilities?
It's very good advice to go to the doctor but i'm hesitant because i live in a poor family and don't make enough money myself (17yrs old). If it's possible i'd research as much as i can before going to a doctor.
I was in the hospital 2 months ago (appendix) and it was fine at the time.
Do you know of what serious possibilities?
It's very good advice to go to the doctor but i'm hesitant because i live in a poor family and don't make enough money myself (17yrs old). If it's possible i'd research as much as i can before going to a doctor.
SofaGeorge
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Bro, do not screw around asking for medical advice on internet message boards. The unfortunate result of doing this is that their are MANY people who would happily take it upon themselves to dispense it... despite their lack of medical education or awareness of the potential harm their often times bad advice might do.oso0960 said:
You need to be examined by a medical professional. You've displayed symptoms that may be nothing... or they may be indicative of a more serious underlying condition.
Little known trivia fact... if you walk into a busy ER in the middle of a city... and there are 60-70 people waiting to see a doctor... the fastest way to get seen immediately is to tell the intake nurse that you just had the worst head ache you've ever had in your life... that or be bleeding from a gunshot wound. This ranks right up with saying you think you are having a heart attack or stroke.
There are several conditions that this might be. I'm not going to speculate because it could easily be none of the above.
If you are poor... find a community clinic that has a doctor/nurse staff that will see you for free. Every city has them.
And please do not listen to bad advice that if you BP is below a certain level you don't need to go to the doctor. The standard medical advice for a severe or unusual headache following exercise is to go to the doc immediately. Hemorrhage. Tumor. And about a dozen other significant concerns do NOT show up on your BP.
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oso, did you just recently come into my ED? I had a similar patient present 2 days ago with a headache while doing squats. Ended up having a subarachnoid bleed from an aneurysm. I doubt it's you as this patient is still intubated in the NICU!
One of the cardiothoracic surgeons at the hospital where I did my residency training once put arterial lines in weightlifters. Their systolic blood pressures often were >300 mmHg with some peaking as high as 500 during heavy lifts.
Those kind of blood pressures can certainly cause a headache, but they can also cause aneurysms to develop and pre-existing aneurysms to leak. (If one ruptures, you're pretty much gone. No questions asked.)
Anyone who develops a headache while lifting weights should seek medical attention immediately if any of the following occur:
- sudden, intense onset (what emergency physicians call a "thunderclap" headache -- as if you were struck by a sledgehammer),
- vision changes,
- numbness or weakness anywhere on your body,
- trouble with balance or fine motor skills,
- "worst or first" headache of life.
Headaches secondary to high blood pressure are usually dull, not intense, and they are usually located in the occipital region of the head (immediately above your neck/back of your head). Usually they are associated with blurred vision. For high blood pressure from heavy lifting, they should go away when you stop lifting (as weightlifting causes spikes in blood pressure, not sustained hypertension).
If you still have your headache or if you develop another, it is best that you go to an ED and get a head CT, lumbar puncture (if necessary), and a MRA/CTA (CT angiogram) if needed.
One of the cardiothoracic surgeons at the hospital where I did my residency training once put arterial lines in weightlifters. Their systolic blood pressures often were >300 mmHg with some peaking as high as 500 during heavy lifts.
Those kind of blood pressures can certainly cause a headache, but they can also cause aneurysms to develop and pre-existing aneurysms to leak. (If one ruptures, you're pretty much gone. No questions asked.)
Anyone who develops a headache while lifting weights should seek medical attention immediately if any of the following occur:
- sudden, intense onset (what emergency physicians call a "thunderclap" headache -- as if you were struck by a sledgehammer),
- vision changes,
- numbness or weakness anywhere on your body,
- trouble with balance or fine motor skills,
- "worst or first" headache of life.
Headaches secondary to high blood pressure are usually dull, not intense, and they are usually located in the occipital region of the head (immediately above your neck/back of your head). Usually they are associated with blurred vision. For high blood pressure from heavy lifting, they should go away when you stop lifting (as weightlifting causes spikes in blood pressure, not sustained hypertension).
If you still have your headache or if you develop another, it is best that you go to an ED and get a head CT, lumbar puncture (if necessary), and a MRA/CTA (CT angiogram) if needed.
smtimelevi
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dehydration???
Usually not sudden and intense. Usually only a dull ache.smtimelevi said:
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