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Question: This is a Blood Pressure Question
What causes your blood pressure to fall when walking around even sitting it not right the diastolic is low
I Know blood pressure medicine can do this make my bloodpressure fall put the only thing for my blood pressure Im taken is Ranexa 500 mg 2 x day I take this for my blood vains they real small it is to open them could this cause this .
What causes your blood pressure to fall when walking around even sitting it not right the diastolic is low
I Know blood pressure medicine can do this make my bloodpressure fall put the only thing for my blood pressure Im taken is Ranexa 500 mg 2 x day I take this for my blood vains they real small it is to open them could this cause this .
Brief Answer:
Postural hyoptension.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for choosing HCM.
Your question is about orthostatic hypotension,
Orthostatic hypotension also called postural hypotension is a form of low blood pressure that happens when you stand up from sitting or lying down.When you stand up, gravity causes blood to pool in your legs. This decreases blood pressure because there's less blood circulating back to your heart to pump.
Normally, special cells (baroreceptors) near your heart and neck arteries sense this lower blood pressure and send signals to centers in your brain that in turn signal your heart to beat faster and pump more blood, which stabilizes blood pressure. In addition, these cells cause blood vessels to narrow, which increases resistance to blood flow and increases blood pressure.
Orthostatic or postural hypotension occurs when something interrupts the body's natural process of counteracting low blood pressure. Orthostatic hypotension can be caused by many different conditions
Ranolazine has no effect on blood pressure.
Tes most likely it's beause of lasix.Gey your seum potssium and sodium done.
Thanks
Postural hyoptension.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for choosing HCM.
Your question is about orthostatic hypotension,
Orthostatic hypotension also called postural hypotension is a form of low blood pressure that happens when you stand up from sitting or lying down.When you stand up, gravity causes blood to pool in your legs. This decreases blood pressure because there's less blood circulating back to your heart to pump.
Normally, special cells (baroreceptors) near your heart and neck arteries sense this lower blood pressure and send signals to centers in your brain that in turn signal your heart to beat faster and pump more blood, which stabilizes blood pressure. In addition, these cells cause blood vessels to narrow, which increases resistance to blood flow and increases blood pressure.
Orthostatic or postural hypotension occurs when something interrupts the body's natural process of counteracting low blood pressure. Orthostatic hypotension can be caused by many different conditions
Ranolazine has no effect on blood pressure.
Tes most likely it's beause of lasix.Gey your seum potssium and sodium done.
Thanks
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