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What Causes Headaches When Suffering From High BP?
Question: Hi, night before last a headache woke me in the wee hours of the morning. Yesterday, while shopping, the headache and blurry vision with wavy lines, manifested suddenly. Vision is better, headache is ongoing but hasn't interfered with most activities although I rested and napped last evening and woke due to pain this morning. The pain, dull and throbbing, on the right side, is parietal, temporal and frontal. My jaw teeth, especially upper are hurting and I feel pressure in sinuses behind, above and below the eye. When I bend forward, I feel pressure on right top and front of head.
I do have high blood pressure and take Lasinopril (10mg) once a day.
I do have high blood pressure and take Lasinopril (10mg) once a day.
Brief Answer:
Possible spikes in blood pressure....
Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
Headache is one of the signs of high blood pressure and possible heart or brain event.
I strongly advise to:
- monitor your blood pressure, record the results for future reference when showing to your cardiologist
- schedule an immediate appointment with your cardiologist as you might need to change therapy or dose and to
- run further tests: ECG, cardiac echo, stress test, holter monitoring.
If everything is ok, then, should run X-ray of sinuses and if your doctor agrees, I suggest to run ct-scan of head and neck.
If still everything is ok, then, should get your eyes checked.
Arthritis of the spine at neck level is also culprit to headaches, therefore, it should be further evaluated too.
Once again, it is necessary to evaluate the status of your heart, blood pressure and brain to exclude possible heart or brain event.
Until then, I advise to:
- take your blood pressure pills as prescribed by your doctor
- wear warm clothing to the neck area
- get more rest
- drink more water (especially if it is hot at your home town and you sweat a lot)
- take acetaminophen of ibuprofen for the pain and see if it can help.
Hope it helped! Let me know if I can assist you further!
Dr.Albana
Possible spikes in blood pressure....
Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
Headache is one of the signs of high blood pressure and possible heart or brain event.
I strongly advise to:
- monitor your blood pressure, record the results for future reference when showing to your cardiologist
- schedule an immediate appointment with your cardiologist as you might need to change therapy or dose and to
- run further tests: ECG, cardiac echo, stress test, holter monitoring.
If everything is ok, then, should run X-ray of sinuses and if your doctor agrees, I suggest to run ct-scan of head and neck.
If still everything is ok, then, should get your eyes checked.
Arthritis of the spine at neck level is also culprit to headaches, therefore, it should be further evaluated too.
Once again, it is necessary to evaluate the status of your heart, blood pressure and brain to exclude possible heart or brain event.
Until then, I advise to:
- take your blood pressure pills as prescribed by your doctor
- wear warm clothing to the neck area
- get more rest
- drink more water (especially if it is hot at your home town and you sweat a lot)
- take acetaminophen of ibuprofen for the pain and see if it can help.
Hope it helped! Let me know if I can assist you further!
Dr.Albana
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