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What Could Lead To Sudden Fainting After Slightly High BP?
my mother is 83 and felt suddenly faint and too weak to get up this morning. what could possibly cause these symptons. She has controlled hypertention just took reading at 147/83. she takes meds for this a nd cholesterol. Should she go to the hospital emergency immediately?
she needed to be in emergency for cardiac function tests.She goes faint means that she has some blockage in vessels supplying brain or maybe her glucose dropped much as in hypoglycemia. Do monitor her BP and BSR regularly.
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What Could Lead To Sudden Fainting After Slightly High BP?
she needed to be in emergency for cardiac function tests.She goes faint means that she has some blockage in vessels supplying brain or maybe her glucose dropped much as in hypoglycemia. Do monitor her BP and BSR regularly.