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Exercise-induced Hypertension

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Aug 19, 2023 | Replies (48)

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@troy75rrmedic

I'm a 21 Y/O male in the army as a medic with the 75th Ranger Regiment For the last 12 weeks I've had a constant pressure in my head with extreme pain and throbbing in the right side of my head. With exertion I become dizzy my head hurts more especially on the right side of my head towards the back as well my vision changes and I get nauseous with right sided face numbness and visible pain and discomfort and facial droop. I've become more forgetful, searching for words, confused and slower and less energetic than before. I've had an echocardiogram, EKG, CT of my brain with contrast, MRI and MRA of my brain, all blood labs normal to army standards, all have been normal. My stress test however my BP spikes to nearly 240/120 when I come close to a jog, I am no longer able to do most duties even walking up two flights of stairs without experiencing my symptoms. My BP normally ranges in the 150-160s/ 80-90s as my bassline. It will spike up with exertion and plummet to the 110/50s and then back up to my bassline over the course of an hour and the spike drops from the 200/100s almost immediately after I stop the activity causing the issue too I drink up to a gallon of water a day and am always thirsty, peeing frequently and I've experienced heat injuries on three occasions in my army career. I am on a Lisinopril 10mg now, Norvasc 2.5 mg,propranolol 60mg, and divalproex 500mg, I've also taken L-Arginine

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Welcome to Connect @troy75rrmedic. You'll notice that I moved your post to this existing discussion about exercise hypertension. I did so that you can benefit from the valuable information members have shared on this topic. If you click on VIEW & REPLY in your email notification, you will see the whole discussion and can join in, meet, and participate with other members talking about their or their loved ones' experiences.

Systolic blood pressure (BP) normally rises with exercise in response to the increased demand of oxygen from working muscles. However, when there is an abnormally steep rise in systolic BP during exercise, this phenomenon is known as a hypertensive response to exercise (HRE). On the other hand, any factor that increases pressure against the artery walls can also lead to elevated blood pressure. Here’s more information from Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prehypertension/symptoms-causes/syc-20376703

Troy, have you been to see a physician about your symptoms? This warrants medical attention.

Troy, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!! I wish I was knowledgable enough to help you. Don't know if you are going to the VA or what. Also, don't know if you have a PCP or not. Inlooking for one my criteria would be that he or she should be over 45-50 years old so they don't go by the BS that the younger doctors are told to say by the admistration!
Good Luck!
Thanks Again for your Service!
Our thoughts are with you to find help!
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