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Blood pressure

If you have flu or sinis infection, does your blood pressure go up or down ? Or no change ?
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Thanks Dr FHEARTMD
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It may go up a little especially if you take some of the medications that are out there over the counter.  When we are sick our catecholamin levels go up and that may also cause our blood pressure to go up as well.  
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