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Numbness and tingling with high pressure
Few weeks ago while working I suddenly felt weakness, numbness and tingling on my body and couldn't move my hands and legs and had breathlessness. My family checked my blood pressure and it was 130/80
I took Amlodipine 5mg immediately and felt better after 20-30 minutes.
Since than I've been taking Blood pressure medication daily (Amlodipine 2.5 mg)
I've lost my appetite and lost 3-4 kgs . I eat to stay strong but
I'm weak and unable to do much work like before. And I can't stay hungry because whenever I'm hungry my hands and legs starts to tingle and go numb , and I feel like fainting and during this episode my blood pressure goes up and once the tingling and numbness go away my blood pressure gets better.
I take blood pressure medication daily but every day I suffer numbness and tingling with fainting like symptoms atleast 2-3 times a day and when this symptoms occurs my blood pressure also rises and once I feel better my blood pressure gets better. What is the cause? Plz help
What was the BP when it is high?
Have you done thyroid profile test?
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Symptoms are less suggestive of primary neurological disease or true hypertension. Episodic tingling, numbness, generalized weakness, breathlessness, presyncope, and transient BP elevation precipitated by hunger/stress are more suggestive of anxiety–hyperventilation syndrome with reactive sympathetic BP rise, though metabolic causes such as hypoglycemia, electrolyte imbalance, and thyroid dysfunction should be excluded.
BP 130/80 mmHg is within normal range, and symptomatic improvement after amlodipine is likely coincidental rather than due to acute antihypertensive effect. Current history does not strongly support chronic hypertension requiring regular antihypertensive therapy unless persistently elevated BP is documented.
Suggested evaluation:
BP charting
Blood glucose during symptoms
CBC, electrolytes (Na/K/Ca/Mg), thyroid profile, B12
ECG ± Holter if palpitations/syncope
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