Sudden increase in blood pressure after smoking?

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My age is 25.
I am suffering from sudden increase in blood pressure when ever i smoke a cigarette. I don't smoke regularly. I smoked a cigarette few days ago and that too after 5 months without smoking, after 30 minutes i started suffering from fear, panic attacks, high blood pressure, anxiety and difficultly in breathing. Even though i am on hypertension medication but still my blood pressure remain between 140/100 to 160/110. 
And if i smoke a cigarette it shoots up to 180/120 or even higher. 
I only feel the high blood pressure after smoking. Without smoking cigarette i don't feel the blood pressure but when ever i get it checked it turns out to be between 140/100 and 160/110.

So my question is what's causing increase in blood pressure?
And when i smoke why do i feel feared, anxiety and panic attacks with hypertension? And without smoking i do have high blood pressure but don't feel it??

Kindly reply! thanks!!

Rebecca B · Accepted Answer

It's the cigarettes. As the other person says when you smoke, your blood vessels constrict and that puts your blood pressure up. The smoking is also what makes you feel stressed and anxious. It's a myth that smoking relaxes people; it doesn't. The only way you're going to stop feeling anxious and stressed is to give up even that occasional cigarette. 

Incidentally you should probably go back to your doctor if your current blood pressure medication isn't bringing down your blood pressure. Blood pressure medication has to be individualised to you and that takes time. It would not be unusual for it to take several months or even up to a year of trial and error, trying different drugs, different doses and different combinations of blood pressure drugs, to find just the right combination of blood pressure tablets for you that will bring your blood pressure down.

Layla · Answer

every time you smoke a cigarette, your blood vessels constrict causing the blood that is flowing through them to increase in pressure. the effect is short-term per cigarette.

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