>>ZAC LASHWAY: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK IT’S NOW 8.14 MANY PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
STAYING HEALTHY DURING THIS
COVID-19 PANDEMIC THOSE WITH
CHRONIC CONDITIONS LIKE HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE THEY MIGHT FACE
AN INCREASED RISK FOR SEVERE
COMPLICATIONS. IF THEY CONTRACT
THE VIRUS.
JOINING ME NOW WITH MORE IS
MAYO CLINIC CARDIOLOGIST DOCTOR
JORDAN. RAY DOCTOR RAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME TALKING SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE. HOW MANY
AMERICANS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.
AND WHAT RISK IS PRESENTED.
>> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT
UNDERSTAND THAT I BLOOD
PRESSURE IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THEM IS THE MOST COMMON
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN
THE COUNTRY AND AFFECTS A LARGE
GROUP OF THE POPULATION AND
WE’RE LEARNING THAT PATIENTS
WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND
OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
ARE
GOING TO INTENTIONALLY
EXPERIENCE MORE SEVERE
COMPLICATIONS FROM THE SPIRES.
ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT
THINGS THAT WE WANT TO
STRESS IS IT’S VERY IMPORTANT
TO FOCUS ON YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
AND MAINTAIN ITS
TREATMENT ACCURATELY. I
CONTINUE IN YOUR HEART
MEDICATIONS, THERE’S A
LOT OF LITERATURE COMING OUT
ABOUT SOME OF THE BOATS HAVE
SPREAD FOR
THE VIRUS AND ITS IMPACT ON
MAYBE SOME OF THE MECHANISMS
FOR HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE MEDICINES.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON’T THINK
THERE’S SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO
SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD BE
STOPPING THESE MEDICATIONS AS
THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND
VERY WORRIED A LOT OF PATIENTS
RECEIVING RECEIVING SOME EARLY
SIGNALS AND STOPPING THEIR
MEDICINES. EITHER PREMATURELY
OR AT THE ADVICE OF MEDICAL OR
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YOU KNOW THAT IS
ONE CONCERN THAT WE’VE BEEN
HEARING ABOUT. THE QUESTION
BEING COULD BLOOD PRESSURE
LOWERING MEDICATIONS, MAKE
THOSE WITH COVID-19 MORE SICK.
>> YEAH, I DON’T THINK THERE’S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
A LOT OF TALK REAL JUST WE WE
LOOK AT THIS DATA COMING OUT OF
CHINA TO MAKE THAT
UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE
THERE IS THERE IS A LINK
BETWEEN THE ENZYMES THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE
MEDICATIONS AND POSSIBLY HOW
THE VIRUS IS USED TO
INCORPORATE SOFTENED. I WAS.
BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
PATIENTS WERE INSPECTED.
IT LOOKS IS MORE LIKE THE
PATIENTS HAVING AN INHERENT
CREAM ASK YOU SEE THESE ARE AT
RISK NOT NECESSARILY JUST
BECAUSE THEY’RE ON THESE
MEDICATIONS AND I WERE IS A
CARDIOLOGIST TO
PATIENTS ARE MISINTERPRETING
THE SIGNALS AND PREMATURELY OR
IN BIRD STOPPING
THESE MEDICATIONS. AND THEY
ACTUALLY BEEN THINGS WORSE BY
INCREASING BLOOD PRESSURE PRIOR
TO YOUR EXPOSURE. ALL REALLY
GREAT INFORMATION.
>> FOR THOSE
US WHO DO SUFFER FROM HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE AND THOSE WHO DO
NOT THIS IS A VERY STRESSFUL
TIME FOR JUST
ABOUT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS
PANDEMIC BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT
OVER THE
COUNTER MEDICATIONS. WHAT
SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OVER
THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS WHEN
GOING TO THE DRUGSTORE.
>> THIS IS A GREAT
QUESTION BECAUSE USUALLY THIS
TIME OF YEAR IS IT’S COLD AND
FLU SEASON AND THIS IS A PRIME
TIME FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
TO EDUCATE THEIR PATIENTS ABOUT
A LOT OF THE OVER COUNTER OVER
THE COUNTER DECONGESTANTS AND
MEDICATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH
HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE REALLY THE BEST
IN REDUCED OR THEY SHOULD BE
TAKING ITS TIME
AT ALL OTHER MEDICATIONS LIKE
IBUPROFEN PRODUCTS AND OR SOME
OF THE A STIMULANT DECONGESTANTS CAN ACTUALLY RAISE THEIR
BLOOD PRESSURE AND RACKED THE
EFFECT OF LOW PRESSURE
PATITS ON. SO THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF BRAND NAMES THAT ARE
OUT THERE THAT HAVE MEANING
TYLENOL AND SOME ON STUDIO B
JUSTIN’S AND THEY ALMOST ALWAYS
HAVE SOME TYPE OF HEART ON OUR
TO TALK ABOUT SAFE FOR
BLOOD PRESSURE. SO IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT AS CONSUMERS ARE
GOING OUT TO LOOK FOR THESE
THINGS THEY SHOULDN’T
WE BE ADDITIONAL RECALL IN SETS
THESE NON-STEROIDAL ANTI WHEN
IT WAS LIKE NO PROXY MY GROWTH
AND WE MY READ MORE TOWARDS TYLENOL OR OTHER MEDICINES THAT HAVE SPECIFICALLY SAID OUR
STATE FOR A CRASH.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT A FEVER SUPPRESSANT,
YOU’RE RECOMMENDING TYLENOL AT
WHAT POINT
SHOULD SOMEBODY START
IMPLEMENTING TYLENOL IF THEY
HAVE A FEVER.
>> AND THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION
AND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE TREATMENT
OF A FEVER SHOULD HAPPEN
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ADVERSE
EFFECTS OF THE FEATURES OF MY
OUNCES E THE DELIRIUM THE ACHES
THOSE KIND OF
SENSATIONS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
AND VERY IMPORTANT TOO TO TREAT
AS THEY COME. I WOULD PROBABLY
EAST
KIND OF DEFERRED TO AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
ON SHOULD THEY TAKE A PROACTIVE
WE BUT I THINK
IT IS AS THE COMES USING PANEL
TO BREAK THE PURSE VERY
IMPORTANT
YOU HAVE MUSCLE ACHES AND PAINS
FROM THE VIRAL ILLNESS USING I
VERY IMPORTANT AND IT’S ALWAYS
IMPORTANT BUT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU’RE WATCHING THE
PICTURE TO ONLY THE OUT OR 24
>> AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GO FOR
A WALK THAT ALSO IS A GREAT NATURAL STRESS FROM THAT VERY MUCH SO DOCTOR JAY. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
TALK WITH US THIS MORNING.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE OF COURSE
ABSOLUTELY FOR ACCESS TO HIGH