Blood pressure what is too low!


Question: Blood pressure what is too low
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Blood pressure can vary or change for a number of reasons!. Many factors can increase our blood pressure!. Blood pressure can be high when we are in pain, upset, right after exercise (even walking), while we are talking, after using tobacco and caffeine products!. High blood pressure due to these reasons does not predict future harm!. (There are other dangers from using tobacco that you should keep in mind though!.)

Blood pressure tends to be lower at night and lowest when we are sleeping!. Blood pressure may vary by 50-70 mmHg for systolic (the upper number) and 20 mmHg diastolic (the lower number) depending on how it is measured!. If you measure your blood pressure while talking after having a cigarette or when you are upset it could be 190/100!. The blood pressure when repeated in the proper setting could be 120/80!. The difference is not the fault of the machine; it is an error in the way the blood pressure measure was done!.



Unlike high blood pressure, low blood pressure is defined primarily by signs and symptoms of low blood flow and not by a specific blood pressure number!. Some individuals may have a blood pressure of 90/50 with no symptoms of low blood pressure and therefore do not have low blood pressure!. However, others who normally have high blood pressure may develop symptoms of low blood pressure if their blood pressure drops to 100/60!.

Low blood pressure (hypotension) is pressure so low it causes symptoms or signs due to the low flow of blood through the arteries and veins!. When the flow of blood is too low to deliver enough oxygen and nutrients to vital organs such as the brain, heart, and kidney, the organs do not function normally and may be permanently damaged!.

symptoms of low blood pressure

When the blood pressure is not sufficient to deliver enough blood to the organs of the body, the organs do not work properly and may be permanently damaged!. For example, if insufficient blood flows to the brain, brain cells do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients, and a person can feel lightheaded, dizzy, or even faint!.

Going from a sitting or lying position to a standing position often brings out symptoms of low blood pressure!. This occurs because standing causes blood to "settle" in the veins of the lower body, and this can lower the blood pressure!. If the blood pressure is already low, standing can make the low pressure worse, to the point of causing symptoms!. The development of lightheadedness, dizziness, or fainting upon standing caused by low blood pressure is called orthostatic hypotension!. Normal individuals are able to compensate rapidly for the low pressure created by standing with the responses discussed previously and do not develop orthostatic hypotension!.

When there is insufficient blood pressure to deliver blood to the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply blood to the heart's muscle), a person can develop chest pain (a symptom of angina) or even a heart attack!.

When insufficient blood is delivered to the kidneys, the kidneys fail to eliminate wastes from the body, for example, urea and creatinine, and an increase in their levels in the blood occur (for example, elevations of blood urea nitrogen or BUN and serum creatinine, respectively)!.

Shock is a life-threatening condition where persistently low blood pressure causes organs such as kidney(s), liver, heart, lung, and brain to fail rapidlyWww@Answer-Health@Com

I am a paramedic and your BP is perfect!. Females and athletes tend to have lower BP!. To answer your question what BP is too low, If is below 85/30 there is a medical problem!. If it is below 105/30 and you have associated symptoms (fainting, light headed, nausea, weakness, lethargic) than there is potentially a medical condition (most likely dehydration)!. But if you are over 85/30 and no symptoms, no problem!.

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Thats not too low!. Worry about too high rather than low since if its too low youll pass out and you havent mentioned that!. It sounds all good!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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