Hi, I completely understand your anxiety due to unfortunate departure of your father. I would try to provide
you some differentials of the possibilities in your case for which you may require a cardiologist's
opinion to confirm and get treated as required. This could be simply due to your anxiety or panic attacks
though as a rule of thumb it is best to get cardiac health evaluation by stat ECG recording which may record
any abnormalities. During panic or anxiety attacks, patient may feel certain heightened cardiac symptoms like
pain, palpitations, trembling, and derealization etc without any organic cardiac causes found during
evaluation. This may especially occur whenever a person is emotionally weakened. Staying calm and Anti-anxiety
drugs play the main stay role in such anxiety situation (only after ruling out cardiac causes). Though,
increased blood pressure to potentially high levels is not a big sign of heart problems as this may even occur
due to anxiety also. But, high systolic blood pressure (>140 mm Hg) is called "Systolic
hypertension". It may occur due to reduced compliance of aorta with increasing age. In stage 1
hypertension, the crucial elements for control are low sodium diet, whole grains, fruits and vegetables,
increased physical activities, avoidance of alcohol and smoking, weight loss in obese individuals can prove
beneficial. As you have mildly high levels so above mentioned measures, precautionary consultation with
cardiologist and try meditation and other relaxation techniques to reduce anxiety may benefit you. Please
don’t become apprehensive by researching a lot upon net as a matter of fact many articles deal with typical
and more severe forms of conditions (your case seems more of anxiety related). Therefore, it is recommended to
consult a doctor for custom-made answer for your specific case. Hope this helps. Take care and do keep us
posted in case of further doubts.
