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Mar
11

Is there a direct correlation between high pulse rate and high blood pressure?

By Doctor

Also, does high pulse rate necessarily mean high blood pressure?

Categories : High Blood Pressure

3 Comments

1

Not necessarily… at least as far as I know.

A high blood pressure generally leads to a high pulse rate because the heart has to pump harder to get the same volume of blood to where it needs to go.

A high pulse rate can be caused by a lot of things, one of which is high blood pressure. Others are exertion, excitement, bleeding, body chemistry, metabolism, and other things.

2

Yes. when heart beats at faster level it pumps more volume of blood into blood vessals, hence blood pressure is increased, there for many doctors give Beta Blocker drugs to blood pressure patients, this drug slow downs the heart rate which results in lowering pressure

3

Yes, it’s directly proportional to your BP, in most of the cases but exceptions are there.
I have encountered patients that by their pulse rate they can tell nearest BP.
No, in case of hypovolumia e.g dehydration, bleeding internal and external, the pulse will be fast, feeble but the BP will be Low

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