Sudden pressure surge can be very dangerous - it can even lead to a hemorrhagic stroke or aortic dissection aneurysm rupture. So if you suddenly feel unwell, have a headache, feel dizzy or nauseous, have chest pain - take your blood pressure.
A sudden spike in blood pressurea can occur even if your blood pressure has always been normal, or even after taking medication.Pressure spikesshould not be taken lightly, not only because their complications are life-threatening, but also because they can be symptoms of various diseases.
Sudden pressure surge: causes
- stress
- excessive exercise
- anxiety disorders
- change of atmospheric pressure
- adrenal gland tumor
- kidney disease
- Cushing's syndrome
- hyperthyroidism
- endocrine disorders
- aortic stenosis
- obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Sudden pressure surge: symptoms
The following symptoms may indicate that a sudden pressure surge is approaching:
- eye pain
- facial redness
- dizziness
- headache
- feeling sick
- chest pain
However, such ailments are also caused by other causes. Therefore, if you feel unwell, always measure your blood pressure first.
Sudden pressure surge: what to do?
Check with your he althcare professional in advance what to do if it suddenly rises or lowers. In the first case, usually a prescription tablet containing 12.5 mg or 25 mg captopril is taken to lower the blood pressure. You can put it under your tongue or chew it and swallow it (it works faster then). If the pressure is still high after 30 minutes, take another dose, remembering that the total dose of 'reliever' medicine should not exceed 50 mg. If this does not help, contact a doctor (emergency room, hospital). Always carry such medicine with you. Also agree with your doctor what to do in the event of a sudden drop in blood pressure - which drug should you take in a lower dose or skip it at all, and which preparation should not be discontinued.
Pressure surges: tests needed
When jumpingblood pressure, it is necessary to perform diagnostic tests:
- morphology
- blood chemistry (sodium, potassium, glucose, creatinine, uric acid, cholesterol and triglyceride levels)
- urine general examination
- EKG
- fundus examination
- Chest X-ray
- echocardiographic examination
- other tests (if necessary)
Sudden pressure surge: prevention
First of all, however, you must try to avoid sudden increases in pressure. They are often caused by excessive physical exertion and strong emotions. The first cause is easily avoided, the second is a problem. Therefore, if you react to strong emotions with a pressure surge, take herbal sedatives as needed. For long-term stress, ask your doctor for a prescription nerve calmer. Take your blood pressure frequently and record the results yourself, as you may need to change therapy to avoid pressure spikes.
Expert advice
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Could pressure spikes be caused by depression?
My mother is 78 years old, she has lost 8 kg in recent months, her pressure jumps from 100/60 to 230/110. He complains of nausea or numbness in his left hand. She has an underactive thyroid gland. The conducted research showed nothing wrong. She is very weak. Could this be depression?
Answers Barbara Kosmala
Head of the Psychotherapy and Personal Development Clinic "Empatia", psychologist, certified and certified psychotherapist finansnia-empatia.pl
Mrs. Dorothy, mother has numerous internal stresses, significant pressure fluctuations, weight loss of 8 kg (can it be over 10% of body weight?), Weakness, numbness of the left hand (changes in the spine? Coronary pain?). They can be symptoms of an organic disease.
After stabilizing blood pressure (blood pressure should not exceed 200/100 mmHg) and possible diagnostic tests of the gastrointestinal tract (gastroscopy), we can finally conclude that the symptoms may be related to depression, although the cause of depression is probably organic changes ( hypertension and atherosclerosis), depression itself is not the cause of such high spikes in blood pressure.
Please consult a psychiatrist who, after diagnosis, may initiate mild antidepressants. Regards B.K.
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Jumping pressure during menopause
I am in the perimenopausal period, I use HRT (first oral, and patches for 3 months). For a month now I have had trouble jumpingpressure. I have nosebleeds right after I wake up.
They're not plentiful, but they're mean because I have to go to work with a tampon in my nose. When I take the medicine for high blood pressure according to my doctor's recommendations), after two days I have the opposite effect. My blood pressure is dropping and I feel even worse.
My highest blood pressure is 156/96. I always had the lower one, sometimes up to 110. The pressure jumps also happened when I was younger, but it was related to the neurosis that has been with me since the age of 18.
Replies Krystyna Knypl
Internist, hypertensiologist, editor-in-chief of "Gazeta dla Lekarzy".
Hormone replacement therapy has been considered a panacea for overcoming the effects of menopause since the early 1960s. The HERS study, which was published in 1998, brought a change of perspective. The authors, after an average of 4.1 years of observation of women receiving hormone replacement therapy, concluded that there is no reason to order hormone replacement therapy for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease.
These conclusions were the inspiration for many subsequent studies, including the American study The Women's He alth Initiative (WHI), launched in 1992, which included 161,000 women aged 50 to 79; completion of the final phase of the study is scheduled for 2010 (details available at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/). Based on the observations made so far, it has been established that hormone replacement therapy should not be recommended as a prophylactic treatment in coronary heart disease.
In addition, The Women's He alth Initiative study found that hormone replacement therapy may be associated with an additional increased risk of stroke and venous thrombosis. What are the practical conclusions from the above-mentioned scientific research in your case?
If you have noticed that your blood pressure is rising, I suggest you talk to your gynecologist about it and ask you to end the therapy. Please remember that it is helpful to regulate the pressure to avoid s alt-preserved products, and fruit and vegetables are recommended.
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