What is labile hypertension?
Although this term is quite commonly used, it doesn’t have much meaning. ‘Labile’ means variable, and just about everyone with hypertension has ‘lablie hypertension.’ It has also been used to refer to people whose blood pressure is sometimes normal and sometimes high, also called borderline hypertension. Labile hypertension is blood pressure that fluctuates abruptly and repeatedly, often causing symptoms such as headache or ringing in the ears. People with labile hypertension often react to emotional stress with an increase in blood pressure. Frequently, traditional blood-pressure medicines have little effect. Some people with labile hypertension require anti-anxiety medications in order to gain control of their blood pressure.
