Hello, What Do You Think May Cause A Woman In

Posted on Mon, 28 Oct 2019

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Question : Hello, what do you think may cause a woman in her 50s to wake up with high blood pressure? And low in the evening..

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend performing some tests:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome to Ask a Doctor service!

Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could indicate possible beginning of arterial hypertension or a possible metabolic disorder.

Anyway, before coming to this conclusion, I would recommend performing an ambulatory 24-48 hours Arterial Hypertension monitoring ( Holter) in order to examine closely your blood pressure values during a prolonged period of time.

Some blood lab tests are necessary too:

- Complete blood count, PCR, ESR for inflammation
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid gland dysfunction
- blood electrolytes
- kidney and liver function tests
- cortisol and aldosterone plasma levels for possible adrenal gland dysfunction.

You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr.Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad