What is reactive hypertension? -

It usually anxiety caused by a stressful situation. How you as an individual react to any situation is a reactive response and how your blood pressure can be effected by the reaction.

I have this reactive hypertension, also have white coat hypertension . my Bp can go up to 180/ 80 when the doctor measures it . I am also who gets anxious easily . Report Abuse

blood pressure that rises due to a situation. some people s pressue goes up in a doctor s office, other s in the presence of hostility, etc.

reactive blood pressure can be dangerous to be under stress, get angry, feel emotions to an extreme, being unhealthy too, under those conditions