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Pain In The Head While Bending. Little Relief From Motrin And Exceedrin. Symptom Of High BP?
I'm a 46 year old female have been in good health all my life. I'm 5'7 and about 170lbs. This past week every time I bend down to pick something up the pressure in my head is causing my head to hurt very bad! After I raise up about 2 mins the pain subsides but doesn't go totally away. I've been taking motrin and exceedrin. It doesn't help all the time but it will at least subside a little in about an hour....would that be a blood pressure problem?
Wed, 12 Jun 2013
Hello,
This is very typical of orthostatic hypertension.(Hypertension during positional variation).
Record your blood pressure in sitting, standing and lying position.
Any variation of more than 10 mmHg in systolic pressure is in favour of Postural hypertension.
This is very typical of orthostatic hypertension.(Hypertension during positional variation).
Record your blood pressure in sitting, standing and lying position.
Any variation of more than 10 mmHg in systolic pressure is in favour of Postural hypertension.
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