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Im 48 years old suffer from high blood pressure on medication lately both my arms and hand are achy what has cause this?
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Could be: medication side effect, congestive heart failure or atypical angina. Or it could be nothing. Impossible to tell on forum such as this. Please speak to your doctor about it.
Answered 6/7/2014
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