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Hi ,

As an RN I do check my patients for postural hypotension at the

hospital for the doctor.

Here is a nice link that explains it:

http://www.drdaveanddee.com/hypotension.html

To make sure it is true postural hypotension (Low blood pressure

that " bottoms out " ...goes low with your position) One needs to stand

in place for 10 minutes. If you can't stand in place without

fainting in ten minutes you do have postural hypotension.

The most common cause is dehydration. A simple guide for drinking is

to take the body weight. Divide it in half and drink that many

ounces of water for the day. 300 pounds divided by 2 = 150. 150

ounces is an example of home much water one should drink. That is

roughly 18 cups of water a day.

I hope this helps.

Back to deep lurk,

>> Deb called from work to check on me a couple times yesterday as

she was worried. I was ok, just feeling pretty dizzy and etc. When

she got home, she checked my bp in all positions.. lying.. 102/68,

sitting.. 102/68 and standing.. 80/60. We now believe that my

blacking out was due to the drop in my bp.. postural hypotension.

However, we dont know what is causing my bp to bottom out.

> I have been rendered to sitting, reading, lying in bed, etc..

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