blood pressure drop
Falling vascular force
A blood pressure drop is a decrease in the force of blood against artery walls, measured in millimeters of mercury.
It can occur suddenly when standing up (orthostatic hypotension), during blood loss, or from medication effects.
Symptoms include dizziness, fainting, and blurred vision: She experienced a blood pressure drop after getting out of bed too quickly.
- hypotensionAbnormally reduced arterial pressure
- faintingTemporary loss of consciousness
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- head rushMomentary dizziness upon rising
syncope · collapse · shock · seeing stars · pale · white as a sheet · clammy · weakness · blackout · swooning · vertigo · nausea · blurred · standing · dehydration · heart · pulse · vital signs
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- medical symptomsdizziness, fainting, weakness, nausea, confusion
- circulatory shockshock, hypotension, septic shock, cardiac output, vasopressors
- vascular responsesvasodilation, vasoconstriction, flushing, blushing, pallor
- allergy symptomshives, sneezing, itching, rash, swelling
- dizzinessdizziness, dizzy spell, lightheadedness, vertigo, wooziness
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Elevated arterial force measurement
blood pressure spike · hypertension · hypertensive crisis · elevated blood pressure · high blood pressure
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