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What Causes Elevated Pulse Reading?

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Posted on Sun, 8 Jun 2014
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Question : My blood pressure today was 154/104 my pulse was 109 I ran out of my meds, I did get them finally today, but I had not been active all day, so curious as to what would elevate my pulse like that
Currently after medication (5 hours ago) it is 141/92 pulse is 97
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Answered by Dr. Anshul Varshney (18 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Systemic Hypertension

Detailed Answer:
Dear Friend.
Welcome to HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern.
You are suffering from Systemic Hypertension. So you would have high blood pressure even with out exertion. Infact exertion would raise the blood pressure further.
I suppose you are taking Metoprolol but I feel you should also discuss with your doctor about adding a Thiazide diuretic group of Anti Hypertensive for a better blood pressure control as this drug is first choice according to latest guidelines JNC 8.
So you would require to take medication irrespective of you are exerting or not.
If you have any further query please ask me.
Stay Healthy.
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What Causes Elevated Pulse Reading?

Brief Answer: Systemic Hypertension Detailed Answer: Dear Friend. Welcome to HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern. You are suffering from Systemic Hypertension. So you would have high blood pressure even with out exertion. Infact exertion would raise the blood pressure further. I suppose you are taking Metoprolol but I feel you should also discuss with your doctor about adding a Thiazide diuretic group of Anti Hypertensive for a better blood pressure control as this drug is first choice according to latest guidelines JNC 8. So you would require to take medication irrespective of you are exerting or not. If you have any further query please ask me. Stay Healthy.