What Causes Redness And Burning Sensation On Face And Dizziness?

Posted on Fri, 25 Mar 2016

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Question : I all of a sudden out of nowhere felt a red hot burning face felt dizzy and my blood pressure is usually 135/80 went up to 154/95 what happened

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would explain as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

I understand your concern and would explain that your symptoms could be related to a metabolic disorder (thyroid or adrenal gland dysfunction).

Anxiety could also mimic a similar scenario.

I recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical exam and some tests:

- complete blood count
- thyroid hormone levels for possible thyroid dysfunction
- urinary metanephrines for possible pheochromocytoma
- liver and kidney function tests
- fasting glucose
- blood electrolytes.

I recommend you to closely monitor your blood pressure frequent times during the day and refer those values to your attending physician .

Hope to have been helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar