Why do my hands and feet swell and get ice cold when my blood pressure is low. They only swell when its low, both numbers will be low at this time. Somewhere around 85/60 and sometimes lower. I do take medicine for low BP and this only happens a couple times a month. It that normal when having low BP.
Hello! Thank you for asking on Chat Doctor! I would like to know if your fingers get discolored during these episodes (a slight change in the color, bluish or pale color) and if these episodes are also triggered by the cold weather. Your symptoms may be related to Reynolds phenomenon or to a low blood flow to the small vessels of the hands and feet, caused by the systemic low blood pressure. I recommend consulting with your attending physician to consider the possibility of making some changes to your antihypertensive therapy, to avoid such low values of blood pressure (a decrease in the dosage or stopping any of the Chat Doctor.  Beta blockers can trigger these phenomena and exacerbate your symptoms, while calcium channel blockers are very helpful in avoiding the occurrence of such phenomena. Hope to have been helpful! Best wishes,