I have always had normal bp until I got sick with gerd a couple of years ago. Now I go to the doc and it is 130/90 so I started checking it at home. I checked this morning and it was 116/80. Then I got a phone call and had to be put on hold and due to the nature of the upcoming call I got anxious. I started feeling tight in my chest and just could tell I was nervous. So I took my bp and it was 146/80. Later on...about 15 min after the phone call was resolved and I felt like I was calm..no more physical symptoms...I took it again and it was 126/90.
Am I just obsessing or should I call my doc? I go for a physical in a few weeks anyway...I just don't know enough about bp to know whether or not to be concerned. I have a lot of stress right now cause I am having trouble with my gerd and I am a caregiver to my husband and my daughter is moving away to live on her own....oh!! and I am starting a new job...which we need for me to have the money to afford to have gerd (only half kidding)
Thanks for any feedback.
I don't know your medical history, and you must not be young, if your daughter is moving out :)
That said, years ago the docs thought that stress or anxiety would not raise your BP. Now they know that it can.
Your diastolic pressure is a tad high. Your systolic was a tad high when it was 146. The tight feeling in your chest is not good. That started happening to me about 5 years before I had a heart attack. The cardiologist assured me that I was fine, back then....
Why are you having soooo much trouble with GERD? There are very powerful medicines for this condition!!!! Have you had an endoscopic analysis? I have had GERD and ulcers, but no more since I started a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) (Prilosec, Nexium etc.)
That said, years ago the docs thought that stress or anxiety would not raise your BP. Now they know that it can.
Your diastolic pressure is a tad high. Your systolic was a tad high when it was 146. The tight feeling in your chest is not good. That started happening to me about 5 years before I had a heart attack. The cardiologist assured me that I was fine, back then....
Why are you having soooo much trouble with GERD? There are very powerful medicines for this condition!!!! Have you had an endoscopic analysis? I have had GERD and ulcers, but no more since I started a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) (Prilosec, Nexium etc.)
hi aldo, nice to see you around. hope all is fine.