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Do High Blood Pressure Levels Cause Severe Headaches?

My cousin has been suffering crippling and debilitating headaches for a couple of days now. She suffers from high blood pressure and her blood pressure right now is 169/113. Is this causing her headaches? And her blood pressure medication doesn't seem to be working. Should we take her to the ER?
posted on Wed, 15 Aug 2018
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Hi,

Headache due to hypertension is less likely in this case but it could be due to other reason and most common is migraine, if blood pressure is not responding to single molecule then second molecule can be added and for that you can discuss with cardiologist even the blood pressure need to be measured by physician it self.

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Do High Blood Pressure Levels Cause Severe Headaches?

Hi, Headache due to hypertension is less likely in this case but it could be due to other reason and most common is migraine, if blood pressure is not responding to single molecule then second molecule can be added and for that you can discuss with cardiologist even the blood pressure need to be measured by physician it self. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.