(ScienceDaily) Three papers published at the same time in The Lancet, and a further study in The Lancet Neurology, show that it is variability in patients’ blood pressure that predicts the risk of a stroke most powerfully and not a high average or usual blood pressure level.
The results of the studies, led by Professor Peter Rothwell and colleagues at the University of Oxford, have major implications for the diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure in prevention of stroke and heart disease.
‘Raised blood pressure, or hypertension, accounts for over 50% of the risk of stroke and other vascular events in the population,’ says Professor Rothwell of the Department of Clinical Neurology.
‘It has long been believed that it is the underlying average blood pressure that determines most of the risk of complications from hypertension and all of the benefit from the drugs that are used to lower blood pressure. The work that we have done shows that this hypothesis is only partly true – at least when it comes to stroke, the most common complication of hypertension,’ he adds.
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I have BP that sometimes spikes to horrendous numbers, example 236/126, pulse 110. I use my Resparate and am taking 5mg Bystolic and 40mg Lisinopril. 6 readings today over an 8 hour period average 160/80 (the highest numbers 174/76 and 156/100!, with pulse average of 57. Are these findings addressing spikes such as mine? Several doctors have no explanation for my BP spiking like this and it is so awful, so threatening – I must lie down or I fear I will drop dead. I am still working full-time at age 72.
I was on 10 mg Bystolic and had spikes in blood pressure during the day for no apparent reason. My cardiologist switched me to Avapro and the problem went away.
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deni
One more thing, Relax this is important. Like me the very fact that you are taking your blood pressure may cause you to have spikes. Take your blood pressure. When it is high, Stop inhale slowly and then exhale. Do it quite a few times contoled but steady what happens.
deni
my blood pressure goes beteen 120/80 to 150/85, most times it at the low point not the high,is that a problem as you are discribing. I take meds. zestrel 40 and 25 water pill plus a baby asprin. thanks for your concern the machine hasnt changed it ?
Clara Page Koonce
Posted March 22, 2010 at 2:09 PM
I have BP that sometimes spikes to horrendous numbers, example 236/126, pulse 110.
Dear Clara, I feel the spikes are due to adrenalin surges, shooting randomly sending message to heart to pump faster for no particular reason at times but at times you may be anxious or in a hurry etc. I would suggest Dr give you script for Ativan ( anxiety med) that works in about 45 min to calm and will bring pressure back to normal, beta blockers also keeps pulse from rising , keep self hydrated with 8 glasses of water daily .