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What Causes Dizziness While Bending Down In Person With Hypertension?
Hi, I'm 5ft 10ins, weigh 182 lbs and I'm 56 years of age. 4 years ago I was diagnosed with hypertension and take 10mg of an ACE inhibitor and 5mg of a calcium antagonist daily. If I bend down to tie a shoelace or pick up after my dog for example I sometimes have a short period of dizziness.
Tue, 6 Sep 2016
The blood pressure doesn't adjust as well in someone with:
hypertension treatment ESPECIALLY calcium channel blockers (the blood runs down to the feet which often swell on those medicines) and...
Height has an effect and...
there could be a blockage in the blood vessels going to the brain and a CAROTID DUPLEX simple test would show it if it is there.
hypertension treatment ESPECIALLY calcium channel blockers (the blood runs down to the feet which often swell on those medicines) and...
Height has an effect and...
there could be a blockage in the blood vessels going to the brain and a CAROTID DUPLEX simple test would show it if it is there.
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