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PMR: heartbeat so strong it shakes my hands/arms
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: May 9 10:56am | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
@kayabbott Having your blood pressure spike is scary. I imagine it would catch you off guard.
I had times I would be sitting at my desk working and my blood pressure would spike. I was alerted by an extreme pinching feeling in my right arm. I looked at the arm in time to see my skin color got super light. I waited 5 minutes then checked the pressure, repeated and it dropped to a safer place. I never felt pulsing.
Where on your body did you feel pounding when your blood was so elevated? Were you taking any medications at the time?
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@jlharsh My heart felt like it was trying to pound its way out of my chest for a few hours, then back to normal and I had minor chest pain, no other symptoms. It was 100% long covid, started right after covid slapped me around in March 2023. No meds, I was an avid cyclist and normal BP was about 120/70 and HR 55. My cardo stress test was normal, and the doctor just had me ramp down exercising till the LC was gone. The pounding went away after 9 mo.
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@jlharsh not any particular place. Not even all the time would my heart pound like this. I take no meds except now Prednisone for PMR.