Can lumbar spinal stenosis cause spikes in blood pressure?

By Susan Sunday, June 14, 2009

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In 2005 I herniated from the L3-L5-S1 and had to have spinal surgery. In 2009 I have developed lumbar spinal stenosis and it spikes my blood pressure anywhere from 5 to 10 days at a time. Perhaps the medical community has not studied this syndrome throughly, but I can assure those who have asked about it on this website that spinal stenosis does, indeed, spike your blood pressure dangerously high, at times!

Susan

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joanj

5/ 3/10 4:59pm

I'm inclined to agree with Susan - My Spinal Stenosis is really bad - and for the first time in my life I have had HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE for the last month. I do think severe pain must raise the blood pressure. I'm seeing my Dr this week and will ask her about it.

malaysia mary

5/22/11 5:25pm

Oh my, I am not nuts! I have been going to dr's for months trying to figure out what is making my blood pressure spike. They all know I have spinal stenosis because I had to go off all pain medication due to the high blood pressure. Still, it continues to spike several times a day, dangerously high. I wonder why my dr never made this connection.

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