Is elevated blood pressure when your body is cold high blood pressure?
In cold environments, blood vessels in the human skin contract and peripheral vascular resistance increases, causing blood pressure to rise. The amount of blood pressure increase is related to the individual situation, generally increased 5-10mmHg, up to 20mmHg. winter time due to the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is large, hypertensive people will be fluctuation amplitude of blood pressure becomes larger, need to adjust the antihypertensive drugs according to the overall situation of blood pressure, so that the control of blood pressure to meet the standard. For example, if the blood pressure can be controlled normally by taking amlodipine benzenesulfonate tablets 5mg once a day, you can add fosinopril tablets 10mg once a day orally to synergize the blood pressure in winter time.
Blood pressure does not rise or fall with heat or cold and should be determined by several measurements with an accurate sphygmomanometer when the body does not feel cold.
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