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What Causes Hot Flushes With Red Face And High BP?
I have a 73 year ol friend who never had hot flashes in her life until about 4-5 months ago. She gets red in the face and her blood pressure goes up and she breaks out in a sweat. help she has seen doctors and had blood work and lots of tests and northing can be found they are stumped. she has a pacemaker. thank you
Thu, 4 Sep 2014
Hi,
Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.
A combination of episodic hypertension,sweating attacks with hot flushes makes pheochromocytoma a likely diagnosis.
your friend should undergo
-24-h urinary tests for metanephrines (fractionated), and catecholamines - used commonly for initial testing.
-Measurements of plasma metanephrine (the most sensitive and less susceptible to false-positive elevations from stress, including venipuncture).
Other possibilities in her case:anxiety attacks,,rarely autonomic epilepsy.
Regards
Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D.
Mumbai
Thank you for your query. I can understand your concerns.
A combination of episodic hypertension,sweating attacks with hot flushes makes pheochromocytoma a likely diagnosis.
your friend should undergo
-24-h urinary tests for metanephrines (fractionated), and catecholamines - used commonly for initial testing.
-Measurements of plasma metanephrine (the most sensitive and less susceptible to false-positive elevations from stress, including venipuncture).
Other possibilities in her case:anxiety attacks,,rarely autonomic epilepsy.
Regards
Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D.
Mumbai
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