Is this really low for blood pressure?!

The blood pressure is low but the heart rate on the low side of normal. I am treated for low blood pressure - mine usually drops to 85/45 and this makes me faint. The doctor will tell you that there is no lower limit on blood pressure because we all vary so much but check your BP when you are feeling well - if the right blood pressure for you is 115/65 or above then this lower reading is too low. I raise my blood pressure by taking electrolyte powder which is for people who have had diarrhoea - this increases the electrolytes in your blood which then hold on to water and raise your blood pressure. If your BP is too low, your body will keep telling you you are thirsty? It does this to make you drink and raise the volume of your blood. Electrolytes and drink drink drink.

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 routinely may have blood pressures of 90/50 with no symptoms and therefore do not have low blood pressure. However, others who normally have higher blood pressures may develop symptoms of low blood pressure if their blood pressure drops to 100/60.

When blood pressure is not sufficient to deliver enough blood to the organs of the body, the organs do not work properly and can be temporarily or 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 may develop chest pain (a symptom of angina) or even a heart attack.

http://www.medicinenet.com/

I think you ought to take your bp again. You would be unconscious if you had a systolic reading of only 43 and your heart rate would be abnormal. 65 is very normal.
The reading cannot possibly be accurate.

You should be dizzy, normal is 120/80 with a pulse rate of 85. Go to the doctor now.

Your heart rate is fine; your blood pressure is way low. Drink a whole pint of water and eat something salty.

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