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What Causes Sweating, Back Stiffness, Numbness In Legs, Headache With High BP?
for a couple of months I am suffering from High Blood Pressure pangs very often. there is no pathological problem regarding my blood tests. as normal cholestrol level, no uric acid, normal lipids etc. the situation is suddenly I feel suffocation and sweating specially on back......there are feelings of tention in the muscles of back and stiffness in back lower ebb............severe headache some times numbness in both legs .....usually at that time Blood Pressure measures between 100/150 to110/160 this condition of high blood pressure remains for 15 minutes to 1 hour then everything becomes normal but I feel severe pain in the whole body specially in legs..... and numbness in legs continue for a couple of days.................pls answer
Thu, 3 Apr 2014
You need to check for a possibility of Pheochromocytoma as a cause of your episodic hypertension.
You need a scan of your abdomen, 24 hour Urine VMA levels, Serum Creatinine and serum Potassium
You need a scan of your abdomen, 24 hour Urine VMA levels, Serum Creatinine and serum Potassium
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