This new section of our Meniere's
disease website pulls together articles and links concerning blood pressure. This body
function plays an enormous role in anyone's health. We hear number
tossed out as the "normal values". Everyone seems to have an opinion.
That usually turns into a "treatment plan" related to foods to eat, to
stay way from: pills to take or to avoid.
Even exercise and lifestyle
choices are involved. In some cases you are trying to increase the blood
pressure and in other cases you want to decrease it. But what does it
all really mean? We are all a part of nature.. so I want to use an image
to help you understand what happens to water (your blood) flowing in a
field (your body). Then maybe you can see how blood pressure is
"experienced" in your body and how it can relate to
Meniere's disease.
Picture a field of green grass. Water is
flowing through it nicely. It has all the nutrients it needs and the
right amount of water to keep everything in good order. To make any change to this idyllic
scene, one of two things have to happen. (Many other changes occur, but
for now let's stick with this.) Either the water level increases (
increased pressure) or it decreases. No matter which one happens,
everything now is affected. Nothing stays the same. If the field floods,
it is like hypertension (high blood pressure). If it dries out, it is
like hypotension (low blood pressure). Even the shift itself, can cause
symptoms!
With Meniere's disease, we are often told that one
part of the body is not related to another: that what happens in the
inner ear can't possibly be connected to anything going on in the brain
(as an example). How can that be?
Like the grassy field, it is your right
to feel "normal". See yourself as one gigantic cell made up of nine
different main parts with all sorts of subsections, but still they are
all related. So what you do in one cell does has an effect on every
other cell. I am sure you have heard that one tiny pebble tossed into
the ocean has a ripple effect all over the world. So each action in any
cell, has some effect on your entire body. Check out the new section and
understand how to measure blood pressure or find good links to other
sites, or wade into the
salt/sodium debate!
Prevent Blood Pressure Pitfalls - There Can
Be A Link Between Meniere's Disease and High Blood Pressure.
Meniere's Disease and high
blood pressure could be connected. The dizzy spells, nausea, vertigo,
hearing loss and inner ear dizziness may be a result of increasing, or
already high blood
pressure, interacting with your Meniere's Disease symptoms. It is
important to understand the links between your bodies physiology and how
high blood pressure could put a strain on the various systems leading to
additional problems.
Could Your Blood Pressure Be Too Low? A Plea For
Some Common Sense and Some Sanity
Salt And Potassium: Keeping A Healthy
Balance In Your Diet
The amount of salt you use may cause
problems, possibly triggering some of your your Meniere's disease
symptoms, or an all out attack. Salt intake should be monitored
and controlled and it is best to be informed about the levels of salt
found in common, everyday foods. The levels of salt and the
effects it could have on your blood pressure may surprise you.
Meniere’s Disease, Hypertension and Stress:
A Different Way of Thinking
Have you ever
gone to your doctor and after describing your Meniere's Disease
symptoms, you find
yourself walking out with a prescription for an antihypertensive drug
instead? It may have been that when you were in the doctor's
office, you were under more stress than usual which might have elevated
your blood pressure more than normal. This article may help you to
understand why there might not have been anything the doctor could have
done about about your Meniere's Disease symptoms at the time.
Anatomy And Physiology (A&P) - The Make Up
Of Your Body And How It Functions
Understanding
the anatomy and physiology of the human body is very important if you
suffer from Meniere's Disease. It will help you to understand how
all of the bodies systems interact with each other and how changes in
one area of your body can affect other areas of your body. Anatomy
would be the organs and structures within your body and physiology is
the physical and chemical process of how you and your parts move and
function as a whole.
Reflecting On Chemicals Going Into Your
Body. Some of These May Be Behind Your Meniere's Disease Symptoms.
If you have Meniere's disease, different chemicals can be a problem and that can
even include the medications that you are taking. Chemicals can
come in different combinations and they are even found within your own
body. Chemicals can enter your body in many different ways and
they can interact with your own bodies chemistry which might cause a
reaction or even trigger a Meniere's attack. It is important to
understand that whatever you take must work with you and not against you
and to recognize when something is hurting you and not helping you.
Headaches (Or Head
Aches) and Meniere's Disease ...Why?
A headache is simply something that is hurting
our brain. For this to happen, there can be many different reasons
which may be either external (outside our body) or internal (inside our
body). When something hurts our brain, we want immediate relief,
but it is also important to try and find the possible cause(s).
Who’s In Charge Here? Thinking About Our
Body’s Healthy Maintenance
This article is similar to a short course on
how your body operates and where to find online medical information so
that you can be better informed. It is important to understand how
your body operates, the anatomy and physiology, and how and why
your body needs to be maintained so that you might be able to live a
healthier, happier life. It is a lot easier now to find medical
information online so you might be able understand how your body works
and what may be happening inside and outside.
