Suggest Treatment For High BP

Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2014

Question: My BP XXXXXXX quickly to 253/111 (usually 140/90) today after I got upset and cried. Had sudden onset of severe headache and pain in abdominal area. What happened? It returned to normal after 1.1/2 hours.

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Casual hypertension from sympatheic hyperactivity.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXX!

This is a casual hypertension due to sympathetic hyperactivity which cause high hypertension accompanied with head ache and abdominal pain.

I recommend to run the following examinations to exclude other causes of hypertension:
- Ecg
- Cardiac ECHO
- BP monitoring
- Abdominal ultrasound (icluding surrenal glands)

Hope this was of help!
Dr. Benard

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