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What Causes Fluctuating Blood Pressure And Heart Rate With Dizziness?

I am a 25 yr old female that has recently lost 70 pounds and suffers from pcos. I am off all the bp medicines I was taking, and have been on a gluten free diet since 4/21/11 b/c I am allergic to wheat. I have been getting dizzy, lightheaded, and have a fast heart rate and low blood pressure when standing or sitting up. my heart rate is usually in the 60 -70 range when resting, and it's been in the high 90 - 100 range while resting. The dizziness started Sunday 6/19/11 all of a sudden, and I have kept track of my BP and symptoms since Sunday. I get this intense pressure in my head, and the get dizzy, and my heart will race when I start to feel yucky, I have trouble breathing, when my heart rate is up this high for no apparent reason. My BP will be 93/62 and HR 101 standing, or it can be 114/65 and HR 80 a few minutes later.. but if I go from lying down to sitting, it will be elevated, then it elevates when I stand, if I lay down everything is fine.. the pressure in my head goes away, the dizzyness goes away, and the HR goes back to normal... I have a shunt in place for hydrocephalus, my first shunt was placed at the age of two weeks, and first revision was done 4/5/2010. I want to know what is causing this fluctuation in BP and the dizziness, and fast HR...thanks
Wed, 5 Sep 2018
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Hi,

Consult a cardiologist and get evaluated.

Serial ECG monitoring and echo test are required to rule out cardiac arrhythmia and structural heart disease.

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What Causes Fluctuating Blood Pressure And Heart Rate With Dizziness?

Hi, Consult a cardiologist and get evaluated. Serial ECG monitoring and echo test are required to rule out cardiac arrhythmia and structural heart disease. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.