BP goes up when cold
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My wife's blood pressure is reasonable when she is warm but in cooler weather it goes up as much as 20 points systolic. Does anyone experience this, please? At present she tapering down on Prednisilone (1mg daily) after about 18 months treament for polymyalgia and is applying a Minitrans5 patch every 24 hours for blood pressure. I have read of someone in Mallorca who in the winter is prescribed a higher ose of whateverbp drug he is on than in the summer but my wife's reaction can varies from one warm day to the next colder one.
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AlexandriaGizmo colin143
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Hi Colin its a well known fact that BP alters with times during the day, food, drink, activity, medication, caffeine etc etc and one that seems to make it spike is the cold, I don't know where you are but in most countries they tell you don't do snow shovelling cause it sky rockets your BP like nothing else LOL is your wife prone to the cold, or is it that its cold where you are, if I'm cold it spikes my top number the systolic but not the dystolic, I make sure now I'm warm as in shoe and socks on, if its very hot that will raise it too but not so much.
ann96046 colin143
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The reason why blood pressure can reduce s bit in warmer weather is because blood vessels vasodilate. This always blood to flow easier as there is less resistance against the vessel walls.
I hope this helps