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Can costochondritis cause high blood pressure?
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It is possible : If you a lot of pain that could to slight elevation of the systolic blood pressure.
Answered 7/16/2017
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Costochonditis : Yes if the pain is severe enough. Typically it should not. Does your blood pressure normalize when you have no pain? If not you should have your BP evaluated. Also are you sure your pain is only from costochondritis?
Answered 9/8/2017
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