high bl00d pressure

• by bobcc
• 2016-11-23 12:41:14
• Complications
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I am 84 years old and have had perfectily normal blood pressure for years.  In early August 2016 I had a pacemaker installed.  In early October at an exam, it was noticed that my blood pressure was elevated, so I purchased a monitor. Since then I have had three incidents of a sharp pain in my right ear (believe it was the eardurm)  Several others on this site have mentioned the same event.  According to all information I can obtain, blood pressure decreases during the night.  Mine does just the opposite.  During sleep it gets up to 150+ until I wake. An MD acquantance asked me if I were athletic.  I had biked for over 50 years and my resting pulse was in the 50's.  He said that since my pacemaker minimum was 60, it was likely that during a dream my body detected the elevated rate, and reacted as if I were awake and pumped up my blood pressure to respond to what I was dreaming as if I were awake.  The problem is that none of the medical professionals  have any idea or knowledge what I am speaking of, but the evidence is clear; the pacemaker caused the problem.  If anyone else has the same problem I would like to know whether they have had similar experience