I don t have high blood pressure and never had problems before but I m on a seizure medication and I started scrubbing my floors with bleach and water. I started getting pressure in my chest and no pain down my arm and I m not light headed or sick to my stomach. I m just wondering if the bleach could cause the chest pressure?
Hello dear, thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. Bleach can cause pressure in chest. Actually bleach vapors are causing it. On inhalation, these vapors go in the lungs. And can cause irritation and inflammation. So reactionary edema develop and this can cause pressure in chest. This is not true for every individual. It depends on 1. Susceptibility of individual2. Amount of exposure3. Duration of exposure4. Underlying lung disease present or not you may have susceptibility to bleach vapors and this can cause pressure in chest.