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What Causes High BP After Lifting Weights?

recently,when i lift weight i have a headache and my neck si a little stiff.i try to measure my blood pressure with the blood pressure monitor immediately after lifting 15 repetition and blood pressure spike up to 200 in my systolic and 95 dyastolic.i am a concerned and worried if this could cause a stroke
Wed, 16 Mar 2016
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Hello and thank you for using HCM.

I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain and give you my opinion.

We talk about hypertension if we have mean values that exceeds 140/90 mmHg. It is normal to have higher blood pressure values after a physical or an emotional stress, so it is important to judge on mean day and night values.
Pressures up to 200 might be normal after doing physical activity, but my opinion is that it seems like an excessive blood pressure rising just after lifting weight.

Hypertension is divided in two groups: essential or idiopathic hypertension without an identifiable cause and secondary hypertension, usually in young ages, meaning that is a secondary cause of it. This cause might be a renal disease, an endocrine problem, a cardiovascular pathology.

High blood pressure might be without symptoms but it slowly modify your heart and left untreated it might even cause a stroke. It might give headaches, dizziness, chest discomfort.
But you should not worry, we are still in time.

If I was your treating doctor i will recommend a full check up with blood test analyze, a electrocardioram, echo-cardiography and a pressure holter monitoring to check your mean values during day and night.

Only after this we can be sure how to treat it.
Hope I was helpful.
Best regards.

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What Causes High BP After Lifting Weights?

Hello and thank you for using HCM. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain and give you my opinion. We talk about hypertension if we have mean values that exceeds 140/90 mmHg. It is normal to have higher blood pressure values after a physical or an emotional stress, so it is important to judge on mean day and night values. Pressures up to 200 might be normal after doing physical activity, but my opinion is that it seems like an excessive blood pressure rising just after lifting weight. Hypertension is divided in two groups: essential or idiopathic hypertension without an identifiable cause and secondary hypertension, usually in young ages, meaning that is a secondary cause of it. This cause might be a renal disease, an endocrine problem, a cardiovascular pathology. High blood pressure might be without symptoms but it slowly modify your heart and left untreated it might even cause a stroke. It might give headaches, dizziness, chest discomfort. But you should not worry, we are still in time. If I was your treating doctor i will recommend a full check up with blood test analyze, a electrocardioram, echo-cardiography and a pressure holter monitoring to check your mean values during day and night. Only after this we can be sure how to treat it. Hope I was helpful. Best regards.