Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... my son went into the hospital about two weks ago, he was breathing heavily, his heart rate was 220, he does not have asthma, i was told that he had an infection on the lungs. he was taken to icuvetilor fora week, when he got out he was taken to the childrens ward, his blood pressure was about 146 and the heart rate about 150. the only time the heart rate goes down is when he falls asleep to 123, he was given a blood pressure medication up until today twice daily, sometimes it goes down until it wears off. his lungs have cleared up and they have done numerous test to see what can cause the heart rate and the pressue, so far every test came back ok. the next two days he schedule to do a ultrasound on the heart hopefully this test will be able tell us what the next step will be.
Hello, Its good to know that your sons' lung infection cured. Any kind of acute stress on body blood pressure and pulse increases. 2 D echo will help to rule out if he has any heart disease or his current condition is as a result of infection. Blood pressure medicine needs to be continued. Please do not stop it. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.