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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9896618" data-attributes="member: 19675">That was sorta me in my 30s.&nbsp; After years of having “high normal” BP, I suddenly had BP readings of 200+/200+, completely asymptomatic.&nbsp; (That is NOT a typo.)After noting my diet was already considered to be “low sodium”, they tested me for EVERYTHING.&nbsp; My MD called me in and said my results were insane: everything they tested me for came back dead center of the ideal range, the kind of numbers you only see in text and lab equipment manuals.&nbsp; He said I possibly had some kind of as-yet undetected microtumor in my brain, something unknown to science, or extreme sensitivity to one of the more mundane triggers for hypertension.LUCKILY, it was #3: I’m super-sensitive to salt- the worst he’d seen in 40+ years of practice.&nbsp; My salt intake was cut some more, and they gave me a new cocktail of meds at higher doses.&nbsp; Within 2 weeks, I’d dropped 20lbs of weight and my BP was solidly in the normal range.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 9896618, member: 19675"] That was sorta me in my 30s. After years of having “high normal” BP, I suddenly had BP readings of [B]200+/200+[/B], completely asymptomatic. (That is NOT a typo.) After noting my diet was already considered to be “low sodium”, they tested me for EVERYTHING. My MD called me in and said my results were insane: everything they tested me for came back dead center of the ideal range, the kind of numbers you only see in text and lab equipment manuals. He said I possibly had some kind of as-yet undetected microtumor in my brain, something unknown to science, or extreme sensitivity to one of the more mundane triggers for hypertension. LUCKILY, it was #3: I’m [B][I]super[/I][/B]-sensitive to salt- the worst he’d seen in 40+ years of practice. My salt intake was cut some more, and they gave me a new cocktail of meds at higher doses. Within 2 weeks, I’d dropped 20lbs of weight and my BP was solidly in the normal range. [/QUOTE]

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