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What Causes Fainting While Suffering From Hypertension?

I became dizzy and fainted to the point where I fell down a few times. someone carried me to a bed. After about an hour I went to a hospital where they said I had severe hypertension. they gave me some pills and a drip solution my blood pressure went down, but I am concerned as to what caused this episode.
Wed, 25 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Either accelerated hypertension or paroxysmal hypertension might be the cause. You need thorough evaluation for sudden rise in BP and syncopal attack/short of hypertensive encephalopathy to come to a conclusion.

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What Causes Fainting While Suffering From Hypertension?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Either accelerated hypertension or paroxysmal hypertension might be the cause. You need thorough evaluation for sudden rise in BP and syncopal attack/short of hypertensive encephalopathy to come to a conclusion. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.