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Coincidence? Wearing mask brings on Afib & high blood pressure?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: May 9, 2023 | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
I went to have my teeth cleaned and had to wear a mask, they took my bp and it was 146/103 (after wearing the mask for about 35 min), then it was 156/99, after that 161/107 and the last one they took was 162/104. Now at home I took my bp and it was 134/87, is that a Coincident???
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Yep! Same thing happened to me. It took me several visits to my dentist and clinic to recognize that my high blood pressure wasn't really a hypertensive crisis! At home, my readings averaged 135/80 (I'm 65 so that's not too bad). When wearing a KN95 mask for 20 minutes at the dentist or doctor's office my blood pressure was over 170/100 +/-. I went home and took my blood pressure and it was 138/82 without the mask. I wondered if there was something wrong with my bp monitor so took it to the drug store that had a bp monitor there. It was nearly identical but much higher than it was at home. Of course I was wearing my KN95!
I decided to do an experiment at home; taking my bp without the mask and then wearing the mask for 15 minutes. My blood pressure increased by 30 points while wearing the mask.