<> Make sure you're well-hydrated. If your body fluid levels are low,
then your blood pressure may be on the low side. Make sure you drink at
least 3 litres of fluid a day, including plenty in the evenings. Make
sure you have a healthy evening meal with plenty of carbohydrate
to provide sustained energy release throughout the night. Waking up
with
a low blood sugar can aggravate hypotension, and may be the actual
cause
of your blackouts so keep a dark block of chocolate for the night.
Fludrocortisone (Florinef) forces more salt into the
bloodstream, 0.1 mg daily starting dose, but this can cause Hypokalemia (low potassium), and hypomagnesemia (low
magnesem) over time but normal supplements will correct that.
~LittleQuad~ wrote:
what is the name of the med? mine is so low that i pass out 2-3
times a day sometimes... my doc put me on a high sodium, 3 ounces of
dark chocolate a day and as much protein as i can cram down. most days
it works, but the ones it doesn't are hard.....and scare everyone!
In a message dated 5/22/2005 4:04:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight
Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have to take medidrum to keep my pressure
up, it gets real low when I first get up in the chair. Also wear
compresion socks and a binder. Its got a lot better, maybe some day it
will equal out.
Silas
My spinal cord Dr. said it's normal for quads to have low
blood pressure. When I have a u.t.i., one of the symptoms are low,
70/40. My norm is 100/80.
Diane
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