fainting blood pressure elderly

However, fainting can be a big problem if it results in falling, especially for elderly. Fainting would also mean a lack of blood, and other organs such as liver or kidneys might be getting damaged over time from lack of enough blood. There is some evidence which is not at all conclusive that elderly people do better thinking-wise with a higher BP - again because of the blood flow. You can try getting extra salt, which could increase your "blood volume" and therefore your BP.

Most common diagnosis especially in elderly is low blood pressure especially if happens as person goes from sitting to standing.

A build up of fluid can cause pressure to rise and as the diuretic starts to work, her pressure probably drops as excess fluid is removed. High blood pressure in the elderly is common, because our arteries get much stiffer and can't relax as much as they used to.

I am trying to find out if my blood pressure is normal, it is systolic 98 diastolic 64 pulse 53

I used to have High blood pressure and within the last few months it has been low, maybe the cause of the fainting spells. I also have hypothyroidism that the doctor is having trouble controlling. I was diagnosed with mild MVP many years ago. My concern is that I'm noticing the arrythmias more and more frequently and they have changed over the past few months....first heaving rapid pounding, then fluttering with some shortness of breath, now flip flopping.

My daughter's (age 11) has blood pressure of 110/54. She as lively as ever. If the blood pressure drops to in the 40's then it may be getting low. The 145 is actually high. My husband has high blood pressure, so we all take our blood pressure a lot.

m drinking plenty of water and Gatorade and my blood pressure is very low. No one will really look more into it. I am very scared for my health and about losing my job over it. Please help.

Hello, I'm not a medical professional. I just posted my own questions yesterday. I can say from all that I've learned about blood pressure about the past year though that 112 / 70 is not too low and some might even say it's ideal to have those numbers. You can always ask your doctor for more information but as I understand, unless your numbers go below 80 / 50 or you're fainting your blood pressure is not too low. Good luck!

s and congestive heart failure has extremely labile blood pressure. She can have a systolic bp of 84 which leads to fainting and an hour later a systolic of 150!. Her bp meds are Norvasc, 5 mg, 1/day, Coreg, 40 mg, 1/day; Enalapril, 20 mg, 2/day. She has had 4 fainting episodes in the past 15 months and has been very lucky that she has not seriously hurt herself as she fell. Her bp can vary from 120/70, to 160/90, to the 85 to 100 systolics which lead to fainting.

Has anyone else experinced a fainting/passing out moment? Definitely not from low blood sugar.

Still, too low can cause a lot of symptoms (tiredness, dizziness, nausea, tinnitus) and in some cases fainting. Which is slightly ironic is that high and low blood pressure often may cause the same symptoms... Good luck!

fainting while trying to pass stools is due to blood pressure, its common in the elderly and in fact some elderly people die straining on the toilet due to this problem. its known as the valsalva (sp?) manouvre. i think its what elvis prestley died of. not sure about the vomitting, expect thats more a bowel.stomach prob. but u should get ur heart and bp checked out at the gp.

I think dizziness is mostly a result of low blood pressure, or inner ear problems. Simply standing up too fast does not cause fainting normally.

) I think I pass out mostly due to me having really low blood pressure during pregnancy.. I would talk to your doctor about it of you're worried.

Ask your doctor to check for anemia as this effects blood pressure and can be a reason for fainting

Low blood pressure at week 30 & losing weigght , have this ever happened to anyonr? What does this mean?

Hello patient915 , No bleeding before or after the fainting. Both times just stood up, took a couple of steps and went down. When I fainted first in November the doctor said it could be do to my medication for HBP. I decided to lose some weight to try to get off. In January I fainted again. This time I fractured my leg and tore my ACL requiring surgery.(Surgery was in April.) Doctor still wasn't concerned with the fainting.

Personally if it were my body i definately would not wait.....your blood pressure and pulse seem awfully low to me especially disturbing is that you are getting light headed and are super tired. I think these are all red flags here...you don't want to be driving and have something happen to you or you be in a place that there is no one to come to your aid if you faint...

I'm 31 male, until one year back I had little bit low blood pressure due to regular exercising. For the past 3 days and out of the blue I feel dizzy, and feeling to vomit ( low blood pressure) although I'm not exercising since few months now. It is really weirded as I it's the first time to happen and on daily basis for the past 3 days, feeling the same symptoms, rest for couple of hrs, then I'm fine. Go to work next day , feeling okay, then it happens in the after noon.

the pressure was normal but after removal of uterus, the sudden change in blood pressure is observed resulting sweatening.

s something that I should call about and be seen right away. It could be a problem with blood pressure, blood sugar or a sign of something else. That said, with me it was a problem with blood sugar levels. Drinking lots of water, eating steadily all day with plenty of healthy calories, and not overdoing my activity mostly resolved it. And my baby was totally healthy and actually really strong. It was just me having the problem. So your baby could be fine.

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