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What Causes Elevated Blood Pressure?

I ve been super tired, like when I wake up from a good nights sleep it feels like I haven t slept at all. I was taking the Gummy version of HAIR, NAIL, SKIN with Biotin 4/day and was wondering if something in those are doing this to me. I am not on any other meds except hormone replacement which I ve been on for 10+ years and have had no symptoms ever from them. I just checked my blood pressure and it s 129/65 (the first number being higher for me than normal). I exercise regularly and have had a suspicion of kidney probems but saw a dr and he did urine tests twice and said everything was fine yet continue after 1 1/2 years to have pain in that area front and back. I m worried this tired, sluggish, hazy feeling could be related - any thoughts?
Wed, 9 Sep 2015
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Hello!

Thank you for asking on HCM!

I understand your concern, and would explain that your symptoms seem to be related to a metabolic disorder.

A comprehensive differential diagnosis between different disorders like chronic anemia, thyroid gland dysfunction, adrenal gland dysfunction or a vitamin deficiency should be done.

Depression could also mimic this clinical scenario.

I recommend consulting with the GP for a careful physical examination and perform a resting ECG, a chest x ray, an abdominal ultrasound and some blood lab tests:

- complete blood count ( for chronic anemia)
- inflammation tests ( fibrinogen, PCR, sedimentation rate)
- thyroid hormone levels
- cortisol plasma levels
- blood lipid profile
- fasting glucose
- blood electrolytes
- kidney and liver function tests, etc.

You should consult with your GP on the above issues.

Hope to have been helpful!

Best wishes,

Dr. Iliri
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What Causes Elevated Blood Pressure?

Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! I understand your concern, and would explain that your symptoms seem to be related to a metabolic disorder. A comprehensive differential diagnosis between different disorders like chronic anemia, thyroid gland dysfunction, adrenal gland dysfunction or a vitamin deficiency should be done. Depression could also mimic this clinical scenario. I recommend consulting with the GP for a careful physical examination and perform a resting ECG, a chest x ray, an abdominal ultrasound and some blood lab tests: - complete blood count ( for chronic anemia) - inflammation tests ( fibrinogen, PCR, sedimentation rate) - thyroid hormone levels - cortisol plasma levels - blood lipid profile - fasting glucose - blood electrolytes - kidney and liver function tests, etc. You should consult with your GP on the above issues. Hope to have been helpful! Best wishes, Dr. Iliri