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Posted 9/25/2018 12:33 PM (GMT -7)
Anyone have high blood pressure with Bart?

Post Edited (Tredye) : 9/25/2018 7:55:15 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/25/2018 12:35 PM (GMT -7)
Not sure what you mean. High or low blood pressure?
Posted 9/25/2018 12:40 PM (GMT -7)
High
Posted 9/25/2018 4:49 PM (GMT -7)
Not sure about Bart, but blood pressure has been hard to control for years with Lyme. Whatever you need to do, try to get in under control to avoid long-term complications. Hope all goes well.
Posted 9/25/2018 6:34 PM (GMT -7)
So lyme Bart can make it high?
Posted 9/26/2018 9:51 AM (GMT -7)
I have seen a number of past posts indicating the person never had high blood pressure (or low) until Lyme and/or co-infections. It seemed to be the case for me.

Best to always have it checked and treat naturally or medically, rather than let it go.
Posted 9/26/2018 11:08 AM (GMT -7)
Lyme and Bart can cause high blood pressure. Lyme hardens the arteries by eating the collagen that normally make the arteries pliable. It also forms colonies in the arteries that block the flow of blood so the heart needs to pump harder to compensate. Lyme also impacts the heart muscles and electrical signals so the heart is impaired.

Bartonella, being that it lives in blood cells makes the blood ticker so the heart needs to pump harder to compensate.

All of the above makes the heart pump harder which is what high blood pressure is.
Posted 9/26/2018 11:12 AM (GMT -7)
...And yes, I have mildly high blood pressure due to Bartonella and TBD in general.

I have found, at least in me and not in clinical evidence, that it only affects my systolic pressure. My diastolic number is at normal levels (115-120) at rest.
Posted 9/26/2018 7:44 PM (GMT -7)
Up until I got lyme, my BP was always on the low normal side. Then with lyme I started having these heartrate episodes that also included high BP. Treatment seemed to help, though I am still on propanolol, a very low dose, 10 mg once per day. More for the heartrate than the bp. I haven't had any high bp episodes in about a year.
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