title: Ask the doctor.  When I am under great stress, my blood pressure sometimes shoots up to 200/120 for a short time but then quickly goes down to 120/80 or lower and stays there.  One doctor told me that spikes like these are normal and not to worry about them.  Another told me this isn't normal or healthy.  Who is right?
authors: Thomas
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authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control