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Old patient - new conditions
| Wed, 11-08-2006 - 12:28pm |
I was diagnosed with Graves Disease 6 years ago at the age of 29. I had a goiter, bugging eyes, and extreme weightloss before I was finally diagnosed. I took RAI to get rid of the tyroid and have been on synthroid since. I have recently been experiencing high blood pressure and I had a fainting episode recently. In addtion I've been retaining water and had abnormal weigh gain.
Today I had a comprehensive blood test done including my thyroid level of course, but I'm just wondering if the meds being off can contribute to high bp.



Hi Jennie,
I tend to think of the high bp being connected to those of us with the hyperthyroid but that may not be right.
I was pretty sure that high bp was a result of hyper too, however I'm experiencing weigh gain, which is not typical of hyper - so that's what's throwing me off.
I hope to find out on Monday what the results of the tests were.