Is a blood pressure of 50 over 22 bad?

[Douglas]

I'm staying down here in Jacksonville Florida with some friends of the family, and this elderly woman who is their grandmother (who hasn't been doing too well lately), was sleeping in a chair, when all of a sudden she awoke with a jolt. She said she felt all weird and dizzy, like she was going to pass out. She had her blood pressure read (she has a machine with her at home), and it was 50 over 22. She then laid down in the bed and propped her feet up. About an hour later, she took her BP again and it was 100 over 70 something.

With blood pressure going that low, was this something to be concerned about? (She's had a lung transplant a few years ago, and she's been on all kind of medication).

[LEGION]

Yeah it's bad; close to comatose probably. I went to the doc a couple of times this year and my blood pressure was like 120/70-80; I forget. But 50/22?

[Kev]

Yep if she has any money or property Clubber now is the time to befriend her and start making her feel you're the nicest person in the world.

[Kel]

Yep if she has any money or property Clubber now is the time to befriend her and start making her feel you're the nicest person in the world.

Funny fucker

[boozeboxer]

i hope you arent asking us and performing home-ams doctor.

[spade]

I'm staying down here in Jacksonville Florida with some friends of the family, and this elderly woman who is their grandmother (who hasn't been doing too well lately), was sleeping in a chair, when all of a sudden she awoke with a jolt. She said she felt all weird and dizzy, like she was going to pass out. She had her blood pressure read (she has a machine with her at home), and it was 50 over 22. She then laid down in the bed and propped her feet up. About an hour later, she took her BP again and it was 100 over 70 something.

With blood pressure going that low, was this something to be concerned about? (She's had a lung transplant a few years ago, and she's been on all kind of medication).

Theres what you call an orthostatic hypotension, pooling of blood to extremities when you suddenly change position from supine to upright.

That's why we are not allowed to stand immediately after waking up. It is not good for the heart also, lowering of the BP that low means theres already a problem on the contractility of the heart.

Too much nitroglycerin or meds for chest pain can also cause these hypotension aside from anti hypertensive drugs because the main action of the drug is vasodilatation or widening of the veins.

The most dangerous of having a bp of 50/20 is it could lead to shock, it's like having a serious bleeding.




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[BoxingGorilla]

50 over 22... are we talking reptile or amphibian?


Before I got on blood pressure medicine mine was around 160 over 98 just walking around. When playing a video game or even watching a movie or a fight it would be astronomical.

I would Hulk Out at the drop of a hat back then.

Now my blood pressure runs about 112 over 64 most of the day.

[AdamGB]

50 over 20 mg of mercury? That is insanely low mate... like spade has said it sounds like Postural Orthostatic Hypotension Syndrome (pots).

Few things you can try... squeezing exercises and such... really a doctor needs to say what and when though, I've eard an elevated bed head is meant to help your body learn to regulate blood pressure.

Cleary she should be at the doctors and not saddos though... :P

[Douglas]

She does regular excercises.

[AdamGB]

As in health and fitness exercises like jogging or ones to regulate her blood pressure?

Things like crossing her legs and tensing her whole entire body to elevate her blood pressure?