Fainted while watching TV on the couch.
Had a blood pressure of 80/40.
Have been to the ER twice.
Had long-running (over two years) chest pain, heart pounding, weight loss, vision differences, dizziness, shortness of breath.
Was so sick with those issues I was bed bound for months.
After I started feeling a little better, overdid it and put myself back to bed for a week. Twice. With easy shit like rearranging the canned goods cabinet.
Lost a tooth. (White lie, actually. I'm scheduled to have it extracted early February.)
Still have lingering heart pounding and dizziness on a not-infrequent basis.

All from covid.

I'm fortunate to be mostly recovered. It sucks that there are so many who haven't recovered to speak of.

[+] Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world -8 points 10 months ago (10 children)

I don't mean to be rude but a blood pressure of 80/40 is perfectly fine? Typo?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What units is that perfectly fine in?

120/80 is perfectly fine, 60/40 is twice less and can't be perfectly fine, 80/40 is much closer to the latter.

Edit: can't find anything regarding what exactly low pressure shouldn't be. Everywhere it says "lower than 120/80" is good. Like okay 0/0 also seems healthy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mean Arterial Pressure is the actual number we use as a guideline. MAP is calculated as 1/3 of the top BP number + 2/3 of the bottom number:

https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/74/mean-arterial-pressure-map

Goal is bare minimum 60, and preferably >65. A BP of 80/40 gives you a MAP of 53, which = no bueno. Your kidneys and brain will not be happy.

Source: am critical care nurse

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

I once had 80/40 or 60/40, can't remember exact number, for a very short time. It wasn't too pleasant and judging by the doctor reaction it wasn't supposed to be that low. It was just after a tooth removal, just a bit of overreaction 😅

Thank you for sharing the info, I should memorise the threshold to use it when uncertain if the pressure is too low

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