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What Causes Dizziness And Shortness Of Breath?

My husband just over a moth ago was complaining of dizziness light headed and shortness of breath I mad him go to the Dr and his blood pressure went through the roof so his Dr started him on mess for that and ordered test everything can back fine and was taken off mess and blood pressure was back to normal. The past 2 days and he only told me tonight he was driving yesterday and his arms went numb and today it happened at his desk holding paper I am making him call the Dr tomorrow do you know what is could cause this he had a MRI and a Mra lab work for thyroid
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
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Hello there I have read through your question and I can understand your concern. First of all I would like to tell you that since your husband's BP was on the higher side the antihypertensive s should not have been stopped. Once a person is started on hypertensives he is generally asked to continue them , only doses are tapered according to the blood pressure. Regular BP monitoring is a must that is atleast once weekly. Now coming to your husband's symptoms I will like to advice you to get his EKG done to rule out infarction. secondly an MRI scan should be done since stroke is also a possibility. Once these things are ruled out I would advise you to put him back on anti hypertensives after consulting with his physician. I hope that answers your question. If you have any other questions please feel free to write.
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What Causes Dizziness And Shortness Of Breath?

Hello there I have read through your question and I can understand your concern. First of all I would like to tell you that since your husband s BP was on the higher side the antihypertensive s should not have been stopped. Once a person is started on hypertensives he is generally asked to continue them , only doses are tapered according to the blood pressure. Regular BP monitoring is a must that is atleast once weekly. Now coming to your husband s symptoms I will like to advice you to get his EKG done to rule out infarction. secondly an MRI scan should be done since stroke is also a possibility. Once these things are ruled out I would advise you to put him back on anti hypertensives after consulting with his physician. I hope that answers your question. If you have any other questions please feel free to write.