fainting spells high blood pressure

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.

With both my first and second pregnancy i had very low blood pressure which caused the dizzy spells! My doc wasnt concerned he said a low blood pressure is much better then a high one and low blood pressure in pregnancy is not uncommon!! Now if it gets to low and ur fainting i would be concerned and head to the docs or Er asap!!! Hope this helps!!! Good luck!

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.

My doctor also said it was low blood pressure but it never made any sense to me because my blood pressure, which is normally very low was always Higher during pregnancy. Regardless, Fainting and feeling dizzy is usually normal but trust your instincts, if you think it is something more stress your concern and talk to your doc again.

I have had high blood pressure for 15 yrs. Treated with 3 different meds (HCTZ, Avapro and Atenolol), suddenly, approximately 4 weeks ago I began getting dizzy spells quite frequently. My pressure during these spells is quite low, often 90/60 or a bit lower. The doc has done CT scan, no brain tumor, blood work, nothing remarkable, urinalysis, nada, she keeps throwing things like Lupus, Parkinson's, ALS at me and now I am terrified!

You can ask for ambulatory (24 hour) blood pressure monitoring as a test for this, or you can get your own cuff at home and check up on your blood pressures before, during, and after meals and show your doctor if you do indeed have a drop in blood pressure that correlates with your dizziness and fainting spells after eating. If you are having syncope at times other than just after eating, tilt table testing may also be warranted.

Certain internal ear problems can also affect blood pressure monitoring by the body by not properly signaling a change in position. Blood pressure monitoring, tilt table test, EKG, heart echo, ambulatory blood pressure recording are all required for diagnosis. Please consult your PCP for primary examination followed by proper referral. Take care!

bcoz of low blood pressure . you need to eat very well and keep your self hydrated, and see the doctor for safe side. hope this help.

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

s hard-bound marble notebook and purchase a GOOD blood pressure cuff and a GOOD pulse oximeter. Have your daughter log her blood pressure, heart rate, and readings on the pulse oximeter several times a day at the same time, and especially if she is feeling weak, or having a "change in mentation. The variations in the heart-rate concern me. "Slowing in the left temporal lobe" does not define epilepsy. Siezures define epilepsy.

I would say that broadly this is an acceptable blood pressure for someone your age. Generally blood pressure targets in patients with hypertension advocate for <140/90 with slightly lower goals for patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. With many of my older patients, I am very interested in how they tolerate a given blood pressure.

A heart condition might be the reason for my fainting spells but why am I getting the severe cramping/spasms? If there is anyone out there who has had similar occurances please let me know. I would rather know than not know what is happening to me.

medications, in general are appropriate onloy when the blood pressure is consistently high. A medication that is appropriate when the blood poressure is 190/100 may increase the chances of death when the blood pressure drops. With blood pressure the decision is whether or not the pressure changes are compensatory (reacting to body needs) or idiopathic (of unknown etiology). Sometimes it's six of one and a half dozen of the other.

I had Rheumatic Fever as a small child and was treated for heart murmur and on daily antiobiotic (Penicillian) until I was 18. I am 56 years old, weight 210 lbs., 5'5", have taken thyroid medication since I was 12, have high blood pressure. For years I will occassionally get these mild blackout spells. I don't completely blackout, but things go sort of gray, I get a tingling in my right arm, my body feels weak and heavy, I get heartburn or stomach pain with these.

I had one the other day. Not sure if it will happen again. But i heard once uou faint it will happen again. When i fainted theyncalled 911.

ve never returned to use of the drug, and I have had very few fainting spells since having children--I guess they raised my Blood Pressure :-). Anyway...my experience with beta blockers is not promising. While SOME people experiencing NCS do well on these drugs, many of us find that our fainting spells are INCREASED by the drugs. See, Beta Blockers are meant to lower the blood pressure and heart rate.

Anyone having issues with low blood pressure??? Mine was really low yesterday causing me to black out at Wall*Mart. I'm 36w&&3d its been getting more and more frequent the light headedness, tunnel vision, tingles every where. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing?? And what their Dr/MW is doing to fix it.

I do get dizzy spells but not fainting at all, from what I understand those that faint is because their blood pressure goes too low?? I could be wrong on that one, in my case my blood pressure raises really high, I assumed this is why I don't faint. Sometimes my dizzy spells are so bad that I get dizzy while sleeping and that wakes me up. Not sure if I helped with your question though...

If I had to make an educated guess for you, the fainting happened because of the sudden change of position and drop of blood pressure. Have you had other incidents of this or is this a one time thing? Anyway, welcome again and I hope you stick around and join us in the fun and education!

15 am. My blood pressure was high for me butit came down pretty quickly. They gave me fluids but iI didn't appear to be dehydrated according to them and it was a precautionary step. They also have me benadryl and duladid(sp) and I was discharged at 4:30am. Went in for my anatomy scan in the morning (baby boy like I said!!!! :)) and felt pretty faint all day. Well this evening around 4pm, it got worse so I tried some honey to see if that would help cuz some sites suggested it.

My grandma died from diabites and my dad has diabites and my family has a history of high blood pressure.

maybe low blood sugar or change in blood pressure causing dizziness?? Back a few months ago I woke up in the night with severe dizziness and vomiting everywhere for several hours straight but it was due to something I ate...

I would suggest before you get up from a sitting position to dangle your legs for a bit relax and slowly get up. We have different blood pressure readings in different positions. . Sometimes when we rise from a sitting position to a standing position we may have orthostatic hypotension..

I'm the same, I get terrible fainting spells during pregnancy. I know its not low blood pressure because I've had preeclamplsia through both pregnancies but interestingly my iron levels have been really low particularly this pregnancy. I had an iron infusion last week and haven't fainted since. Maybe get your iron checked?

My blood pressure is a little high I'm 33 almost 34 weeks pregnant. It started to go down and now it's going back up a little. Should I call my doctor? It's not too high should I be worried?

PVCs (unlike PACs) tend to lower blood pressure (during the event) because cardiac output with a PVC is lowered compared to a normal heart beat, which the next hard heart beat is unable to fully compensate for. As far as I know, there are two possibilities: 1. You did have extremely frequent PVCs, which (along with Verapamil) reduced your blood pressure to a level where you fainted. 2. You had another arrhythmia (like NSVT) during the fainting spell.

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