Blood pressure rises during excitement, and the magnitude of the rise varies according to the patient’s cardiac function, the degree of atherosclerosis, and the patient’s sympathetic excitation. If the patient is relatively weak, relatively old, with poor cardiac function, low peripheral resistance, and relatively unexcited sympathetic nerves, the patient’s blood pressure will not rise very much, but may be slightly higher than the normal blood pressure. However, if the patient is younger, has better cardiac function, has very excited sympathetic nerves, and has more severe atherosclerosis, the blood pressure will spike when excited and will exceed the standard for hypertension, i.e., 140/90 mmHg, and in some cases, it may even exceed the level of class 3 hypertension, exceeding 180/110 mmHg.