Will Coughing Raise Blood Pressure Novels & Stories

I heard the door open and I saw my sister and the old doctor coming inside the room. "How are you feeling, Raina?" she asks, sweetly and her face was beaming as if she had some happy secret to tell. "Okay, a little headache only," I say, lowly with a frail voice. "Well, Raina your test says that your blood pressure shot up suddenly, that is why you passed out," she said and I looked blankly at her. "Raina, I must tell you that blood pressure shooting up is neither good for the baby nor for you," she says and my ears caught that one word she said.

I could feel my blood pressure rising as blood drained from my face. "Count along with me."

Scott asked. “Well, I don’t know if his blood pressure was spiked because of the stressful situation you two experienced, or if his current blood pressure condition has worsened. If it is the latter, he’ll have to go to his physician to get his current medication adjusted. I recommend that he make an appointment with his primary physician as soon as possible. Until then, he needs to take it easy – rest, stay out of the heat as much as possible, and try to avoid salty foods, and cut down on the alcohol.” “Uh, shit,” his father groaned as he looked up at the ceiling.

His voice was very calm, but he had a long list of rules for me to follow. "You must drink two to three liters of water every day," he said. "Your blood needs to stay at a high volume. It's very important." He told me I shouldn't take very hot showers anymore because they could make me feel faint. Also, I shouldn't stand for long periods, and I had to avoid crowds. "When you get out of a chair or a bed, do it in stages," he warned. "If you jump up, your blood pressure will drop, and you could faint."

He winked at me with a jocular smirk. Suddenly, Vance began dry coughing, so much that it drew attention as he bent over. He brought his hand to his mouth while the other stayed over his chest. One of my hands went to his back and the other to his chest. As soon as his airways relaxed, the hand he removed from his mouth had blood and my heart clawed with worry.

His heart raced, and I laughed softly, “Are you nervous?” Our eyes clashed and a flush crept up his neck, “A bit. Yeah,” he admitted, making me swallow hard. “Pretend I’m not here. Just…. Whoever your doctor is normally.” He opened his mouth to speak, but closed it quickly, nodding, and closing his eyes while I moved to listen to his lungs. My fingertips gripped his wrist while taking his blood pressure, which also happened to be slightly high. Walking around to the back of the table, I traced the scar on his shoulder blade with light pressure, “Any numbness or tingling?”

I frown. “Thank heavens!” I see Cinthia, sitting next to me. “You finally woke up.” I roll my eyes and look at her questioningly. “What happened?” I murmur. “What I told you was going to happen to you if you didn't calm down. You fainted!” “Shit!” I hold my head with both hands. “I feel like I've been hit by a truck.” “I think your blood pressure has risen,” says my friend. “Ready! We already have a diagnosis.” I sit up on the gurney and try to get up, “so we can go home now.”

“This is common in the final weeks—lots of false starts before the real thing.” Dr. Chen arrived an hour later, reviewing my charts with a frown. “Your blood pressure is elevated again. One-forty over ninety. That’s getting into concerning territory.” She sat on the edge of the bed. “Maya, I’m going to be direct with you. If your blood pressure doesn’t come down, we might need to consider inducing labor.” “What? Why?” “Because chronic stress and high blood pressure can lead to complications—preeclampsia, placental abruption, reduced blood flow to the baby.” Dr. Chen’s voice was gentle but firm. “Right now, everything’s fine. But we’re watching closely.”

A brief hesitation. “Her blood pressure is dropping again.”

Seraphina It was so quiet, except for those annoying beeps and the sound of his pen scraping. The quiet made me even more anxious, my heart pounding louder in the stillness. "Your blood pressure is slightly elevated, but no need to stress about it. It's pretty common for people to experience this when they visit doctors."