IM 48 YR OLD FEMALE I HAVE CHF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND I WAS A SLEEP AND WOKE UP THE BACK OF MY HEAD WAS NUM AROUND THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE IT FELT LIKE MY FACE AND FORE HEAD WAS DRAWING AND MY LEFT ARM AS FEELING SOME NUMBNESS AND I HAD SOME CHEST PRESSURE I STILL FEEL A LITTLE CRAZT HEADED MY BP 180/89 PULSE98 I FEEL LIKE ITS HIGHER THE MACHINE KEPT PUMPING UP THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. IM ALSO NAUSEAED AND MY STOOL IS BLACK WHEN I WENT TO THE RESTROOM SHOULD I BE CONCERN I HAVE NEVER EXPERINCED THIS IT WAS VERY INTENSE. THANK YOU AMANDA BOYD
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In my opinion you should definitely rush to the emergency room and get done ECG and 2D Echo to rule out heart attack. Since you are having high blood pressure with numbness in face and left arm, possibility of coronary artery disease is more. You may need MRI brain to rule out brain stroke. If you are on blood thinner medicine like aspirin than your black colored stool can be due to this. So stop aspirin if you are taking. Blood pressure control is must for you and so consult cardiologist immediately.