I came back from the GP after being told that my blood pressure was rather high (160 / 110) but my heart rate was normal at 75.
Although these blood pressure tests are only one offs and more takings should be done for consistency, but I was wondering if anyone know whether or not this is due to energy drinks consumption?
I don’t drink red bull every day, but when I do drink them, I tend to drink around 2-3 cans a day. I also drink lucozade quite frequently.
It may cause a short term spike, yes. I haven’t seen any conclusive date to suggest energy drinks cause long term problems, although I am aware there is quite a bit of concern over these drinks at the moment.
Your BP probably rose due to a combination of two things; possibly the energy drink, but the most likely explanation is ‘white coat syndrome’.
Doctors or really any medical professional in a health care setting, can cause anxiety in patients subconsciously. Much of it is because we sometimes worry that the Doctor may give us bad news or want to do further investigations. This can result in blood pressure being artificially high.
The only real accurate way to determine your BP is to do a 24 hour BP study. Try taking your BP at home, three times daily for a week and give the results to your GP.
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things like this can contribute to high blood pressure. caffeine alone may not be the sole purpose, but it can certainly help.
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I dont know about high blood pressure but i think they are the same as any drug. ive seen a bunch of kids taking redline and such and I doont think its going to benifot them in the long run, i think out generation is fucked, health wise
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Caffeine definitly contributes to an increase in blood pressure as someone already mentioned.
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Please see the web page for adverse effects of energy drinks.
Until 2008, France banned the popular energy drink Red Bull after the death of eighteen-year-old Irish athlete Ross Cooney, who died as a result of playing a basketball game after consuming four cans of the drink. The French Scientific Committee (J.D. Birkel) concluded that Red Bull has excessive amounts of caffeine. Denmark also banned Red Bull. Britain investigated the drink, but only issued a warning against its use by pregnant women and children.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_drinks#Adverse_effects
It may cause a short term spike, yes. I haven’t seen any conclusive date to suggest energy drinks cause long term problems, although I am aware there is quite a bit of concern over these drinks at the moment.
Your BP probably rose due to a combination of two things; possibly the energy drink, but the most likely explanation is ‘white coat syndrome’.
Doctors or really any medical professional in a health care setting, can cause anxiety in patients subconsciously. Much of it is because we sometimes worry that the Doctor may give us bad news or want to do further investigations. This can result in blood pressure being artificially high.
The only real accurate way to determine your BP is to do a 24 hour BP study. Try taking your BP at home, three times daily for a week and give the results to your GP.
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Cardiac Nurse
They could because many contain caffeine……and caffeine can cause HBP in some people.
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Go get a b/p automatic cuff at target for $22.00. It records and is easy to use. Yes these caffine drinks raise b/p significantly.
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Not good. I learned my lesson. Today I drank 1 monster energy drink in the morning at school and I started to feel really dizzy and sick. My heart was beating really fast, I was shaking. The nurse told me I had a really high blood pressure. Who knows what would had happen to me if I had gym today
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alot of those drinks you are not suppose to have more than one a day. i know they can mess with your heart in a bad way if you drink to many. my co workers little brother was 13 years old and suddenly passed away, i never asked what the autopsy reveled but the day he died he didnt eat breakfast and had drank a monster and a red bull for the 1st time with his friends, he drank them both with in hours and was at the park riding his bike when he collapsed. he had no history of heart problems or any medical conditions just suddenly died. the energy drinks could of had nothing to do with it but u never know
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if you use them a lot over a long period of time, the high sodium content in energy drinks could contibute to hypertension.
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