Post by oxymoran on Sept 19, 2018 15:48:55 GMT -5
I am at a loss (and so are the doctors) as to what is currently going on with me. My blood pressure has gotten as high as 220/105 in the past week and a half.
Here is some background: I have never, ever had an issue with blood pressure in the past. The last 2 times my blood pressure was measured in the past year, it was 110/70 and 102/70. I am 5’9 and at the most have weighed 220lb and am currently at 200lb(after 2 months of ketosis). I quit smoking a year ago and I drink far less than I ever did. A typical dietary day on the ketogenic diet is an avocado smoothie, a big salad, and some sort of meat and vegetables for dinner. I was absolutely not eating too much salt but I am also aware that you need more salt in a keto diet so I don’t think I wasn’t eating enough either. According to my food diary I was eating about 2600mg/day of sodium. I was also on proton pump inhibitors for about 6 years(I just stopped taking them about 2 weeks ago). I have also been intermittent fasting and has just done a 24 hour fast prior to noticing the high blood pressure for the first time. I was also drinking too much water I think(about 140 oz and I am not very active, work in air conditioning office all day) so I was peeing an absurd amount.
I went to the ER and they said that an EKG was fine. They did some blood work that looked like this:
Sodium 136
Potassium 3.8
Chloride 100
CO2 24
AGAP 12
Glucose 92
BUN 9
Creatinine .8
Calcium 8.7
I just had more bloodwork done today so I am interested to see what that looks like. I was certainly overhydrated according to the low BUN and the rest of the electrolytes are normal but at the lowest end of normal.
Does anybody have any idea what is wrong with me? My hypothesis is that between the poor absorption in my stomach due to years of PPI’s in combination with the keto using up my electrolytes and then drinking too much water, that I created an imbalance and that wreaking havoc on my blood pressure. But I have been out of ketosis for at least a week now and I was hoping that I would have stabilized by now. I am starting to get worried...
Here is some background: I have never, ever had an issue with blood pressure in the past. The last 2 times my blood pressure was measured in the past year, it was 110/70 and 102/70. I am 5’9 and at the most have weighed 220lb and am currently at 200lb(after 2 months of ketosis). I quit smoking a year ago and I drink far less than I ever did. A typical dietary day on the ketogenic diet is an avocado smoothie, a big salad, and some sort of meat and vegetables for dinner. I was absolutely not eating too much salt but I am also aware that you need more salt in a keto diet so I don’t think I wasn’t eating enough either. According to my food diary I was eating about 2600mg/day of sodium. I was also on proton pump inhibitors for about 6 years(I just stopped taking them about 2 weeks ago). I have also been intermittent fasting and has just done a 24 hour fast prior to noticing the high blood pressure for the first time. I was also drinking too much water I think(about 140 oz and I am not very active, work in air conditioning office all day) so I was peeing an absurd amount.
I went to the ER and they said that an EKG was fine. They did some blood work that looked like this:
Sodium 136
Potassium 3.8
Chloride 100
CO2 24
AGAP 12
Glucose 92
BUN 9
Creatinine .8
Calcium 8.7
I just had more bloodwork done today so I am interested to see what that looks like. I was certainly overhydrated according to the low BUN and the rest of the electrolytes are normal but at the lowest end of normal.
Does anybody have any idea what is wrong with me? My hypothesis is that between the poor absorption in my stomach due to years of PPI’s in combination with the keto using up my electrolytes and then drinking too much water, that I created an imbalance and that wreaking havoc on my blood pressure. But I have been out of ketosis for at least a week now and I was hoping that I would have stabilized by now. I am starting to get worried...