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Hi there, dont worry this doesnt break the rules, not asking for medical advice 
Recently I was in hospital for a stomach problem, basically my stomach was producing 60 times the ammount of hydrochloric acid and it had burned through the lining and was busy giving me severe chemical burns on the inside of my stomach... they did a series of tests, two being liver function and blood pressure. The nurse put the strap on my arm, took my blood pressure and the following came forth from her lips...
"my word!"
to which my reaction was
she then asked me if i had any of the following symptoms and rattled off a list of things from fainting to low energy. The only one i do suffer from is slight dizzyness occasionally when my heart skips a beat, and extreme lethargy at times but i had always presumed I was lazy...
My blood pressure is 80 over 55 which apparently is quite low (to give you an idea, according to my research the average olympians bp is 90 over 60) but extrordinarilly useful as the doctor informed me that since I have no symptoms of low blood pressure, provided there is no significant change throughout my life that I am at a much reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes. yey me.
Next up were the liver tests... Given the amount of alchohol I used to drink, plus the once weekly binge I still have money permitting, plus a rather stupid incident some fifteen years ago involving a depressed young lad that was me and a bottle of paracetamol (i know, i know, sad, but i was a troubled teen, lol) I wasnt expecting the doc to be grinning... He came in and basically said that my liver certainly wasnt causing the issue as it was working far above the expected average.
In the end it turned out to be nicotene patches that were causing my gastritus of the stomach! very odd... and excrutiatingly painful given i was practically unconcious for the best part of five days. Still, all on the mend now, and Im armed with some nice info too. Always nice to find out your bodys working right rather than whats gone wrong. Thanks NHS peoples, where would I be without you...
In agony on my living room floor wimpering to God above, only with no ambulance to come get me...
Recently I was in hospital for a stomach problem, basically my stomach was producing 60 times the ammount of hydrochloric acid and it had burned through the lining and was busy giving me severe chemical burns on the inside of my stomach... they did a series of tests, two being liver function and blood pressure. The nurse put the strap on my arm, took my blood pressure and the following came forth from her lips...
"my word!"
to which my reaction was
she then asked me if i had any of the following symptoms and rattled off a list of things from fainting to low energy. The only one i do suffer from is slight dizzyness occasionally when my heart skips a beat, and extreme lethargy at times but i had always presumed I was lazy...
My blood pressure is 80 over 55 which apparently is quite low (to give you an idea, according to my research the average olympians bp is 90 over 60) but extrordinarilly useful as the doctor informed me that since I have no symptoms of low blood pressure, provided there is no significant change throughout my life that I am at a much reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes. yey me.Next up were the liver tests... Given the amount of alchohol I used to drink, plus the once weekly binge I still have money permitting, plus a rather stupid incident some fifteen years ago involving a depressed young lad that was me and a bottle of paracetamol
(i know, i know, sad, but i was a troubled teen, lol) I wasnt expecting the doc to be grinning... He came in and basically said that my liver certainly wasnt causing the issue as it was working far above the expected average.In the end it turned out to be nicotene patches that were causing my gastritus of the stomach! very odd... and excrutiatingly painful given i was practically unconcious for the best part of five days. Still, all on the mend now, and Im armed with some nice info too. Always nice to find out your bodys working right rather than whats gone wrong. Thanks NHS peoples, where would I be without you...
In agony on my living room floor wimpering to God above, only with no ambulance to come get me...
