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Do Profuse Sweating, Tremors And High BP Need Medical Attention?
Question: This weekend I had a sudden episode where I suddenly started sweating profusely, became shaky, had a blood pressure of 169/72 and a heart rate of 102. I do have a prescription for clonidine for times when my blood pressure rises like that. I took one and it brought it down. However, I have never had the other symptoms before. Should I call my cardiologist or see if it happens again?
Brief Answer:
Yes, you probably should.
Detailed Answer:
Greetings and welcome to HCM. I carefully read your query and I understand your concern.
It is a good thing that clonidine helped bringing down your high blood peessure figures. The spike of blood pressure and heart rate are usually accompanying features of any kind of psychologically stressful situation or anxiety from fear, and I think, since you experienced a new symptom that hase never happened before, than these phenomena happened due to fear to "what is happening to me?". However, the sudden profuse sweating is a symptom that actually requires further investigation, if you are convinced that this did not come due to any climatic or other normal phenomenon that usually produces sweating. Profuse sweating, as a lone symptom itself, probably is not indicative of anything wrong, but I would recommend to see your cardiologist and, at least, an EKG (to assess heart conduction system, and the electrical one, as well) and an echo cardiogram (to evaluate the function, size and movement of heart valves and chambers) should be carried out, in order to exclude or, with less probability, to confirm that there might be a pathological disorder causing this symptom.
I hope I was helpful with ny answer. I am happy to help, if you have follow-up questions.
Kind regards,
Dr. Meriton
Yes, you probably should.
Detailed Answer:
Greetings and welcome to HCM. I carefully read your query and I understand your concern.
It is a good thing that clonidine helped bringing down your high blood peessure figures. The spike of blood pressure and heart rate are usually accompanying features of any kind of psychologically stressful situation or anxiety from fear, and I think, since you experienced a new symptom that hase never happened before, than these phenomena happened due to fear to "what is happening to me?". However, the sudden profuse sweating is a symptom that actually requires further investigation, if you are convinced that this did not come due to any climatic or other normal phenomenon that usually produces sweating. Profuse sweating, as a lone symptom itself, probably is not indicative of anything wrong, but I would recommend to see your cardiologist and, at least, an EKG (to assess heart conduction system, and the electrical one, as well) and an echo cardiogram (to evaluate the function, size and movement of heart valves and chambers) should be carried out, in order to exclude or, with less probability, to confirm that there might be a pathological disorder causing this symptom.
I hope I was helpful with ny answer. I am happy to help, if you have follow-up questions.
Kind regards,
Dr. Meriton
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