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Have High BP, Strong Heart Beat And Anxiety. Can Strong Heart Beat The Cause For High BP?

My fiance has a very strong heart beat. He has had it since he was young. He is 23 years old, thin, and has high blood pressure. Both his systolic and diastolic are high, usually 150/100. He also has experiences anxiety quite often associated with school and work. I would like to know if a strong heart beat could be caused by high blood pressure? I would also like to know if anxiety medication as an unintended side effect, reduces high blood pressure?
Thank you for your time
Stephanie
Thu, 30 May 2013
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Hi friend,
Welcome to Health Care Magic

It is not clear - what is meant by ‘strong heart beat’?
If the volume is high, it can raise the systolic (upper figure)...How does he judge it?

Anxiety leads to outpouring of adrenaline – which can raise the pressure...
Some drugs like beta blockers have direct (intended) effects on both anxiety and pressure / In other drugs, the pressure may vary depending on the nature of the drug – there are several classes of drugs for anxiety and several drugs in each class...one can’t generalise

This level of pressure is high for the age and cannot be simply attributed to anxiety and/or strong beats... / Blood pressure is a silent but steady and severe disease; but is manageable – it needs treatment. In view of the young age, he needs a battery of investigations – to search for a curable cause...

He should see a cardiologist...

Take care
Wishing speedy recovery
God bless
Good luck
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Have High BP, Strong Heart Beat And Anxiety. Can Strong Heart Beat The Cause For High BP?

Hi friend, Welcome to Health Care Magic It is not clear - what is meant by ‘strong heart beat’? If the volume is high, it can raise the systolic (upper figure)...How does he judge it? Anxiety leads to outpouring of adrenaline – which can raise the pressure... Some drugs like beta blockers have direct (intended) effects on both anxiety and pressure / In other drugs, the pressure may vary depending on the nature of the drug – there are several classes of drugs for anxiety and several drugs in each class...one can’t generalise This level of pressure is high for the age and cannot be simply attributed to anxiety and/or strong beats... / Blood pressure is a silent but steady and severe disease; but is manageable – it needs treatment. In view of the young age, he needs a battery of investigations – to search for a curable cause... He should see a cardiologist... Take care Wishing speedy recovery God bless Good luck