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If you have hypertension, but then your blood pressure drops under general anaesthetic, does this mean you don't have hypertension?

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Dr. Gena Kluwe answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No: You still have hypertension. Dropping your blood pressure under anesthesia is because of anesthesia, not because your hypertension is cured. Please continue your medicines as prescribed by your doctor.

Answered 7/30/2015

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Hypertension: No, because anesthetics can lower your blood pressure whether or not you have true hypertension.

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No: General anesthetics normally cause a decrease in blood pressure when they are administered. They don't cure hypertension and can cause blood pressures to drop in normally hypertensive people.

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