Blood pressure is a little low

[marissamast]

105/73. So my enlightened and brilliant guru friends...any insight? I was on HCTZ before surgery but stopped after surgery. I was hanging at about 130/90 for the first couple months then it has continued to drop. I am getting in about 60 to 80 oz of water a day and taking the prescribed vitamins as recommended...mostly. I don't take as much calcium or iron cuz those were good. Take 50K of D daily, 2k of A 800 of E, magnesium twice a day and zinc. K1 and K2 and folic acid and 2 awesome multiples with lady herbs for women over 50. Any ideas?

 

[DianaCox]

Many of us end up on the low side - I had a complete cardio workup, and the conclusion was - eat even MORE salt than I already do. It was a tough job, but I manage. My bp still ends up being around 90/57. I'm not fainting, so I figure my heart just isn't having to work that hard.

 

[marissamast]

Many of us end up on the low side - I had a complete cardio workup, and the conclusion was - eat even MORE salt than I already do. It was a tough job, but I manage. My bp still ends up being around 90/57. I'm not fainting, so I figure my heart just isn't having to work that hard.

Excellent

 

[newanatomy]

My BP is pretty low too. I get the blind staggers every time I stand. Sometimes, I get the jiggley legs with it. I haven't face planted yet so, on I go. I did face plant once right after I had my oldest son, many years ago and many pounds added and subtracted. Back in 1987, 3 specialists at Virginia Mason Clinic/Seattle told me to eat more salt. I thought it was a license to eat potato chips, bad idea. Stay hydrated, it helps.

 

[southernlady]

Mine typically comes in at 110/60 and thanks to all the vets before me, I knew not to worry.

 

[aaa]

BP and heart rate are low. They always ask me if I'm a runner.

 

[DianaCox]

Yeah, they ask me the same. I'm 61 and weigh 200 lbs - do I LOOK like a runner??

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Low BP here, too. But I was that way, pre-op as well.

Usually, 100-110/65-70.

 

[hilary1617]

I've always had low blood pressure, even when SMO. It is and has been pretty consistently around 90/60 before and after DS. It can drop much lower with anesthesia - I always make monitors at the hospital alarm for my diastolic dropping below 50.

The flip side to this is I have a history of a rapid resting pulse, although it has slowed into consistently high-normal territory post-DS.

I do faint from time to time, particularly if I don't get in enough fluids, salt, electrolytes etc. My doctor has me on daily Gatorade as preventative medicine.

I think my low blood pressure is hereditary.

 

[southernlady]

I've always had low blood pressure, even when SMO. It is and has been pretty consistently around 90/60 before and after DS. It can drop much lower with anesthesia - I always make monitors at the hospital alarm for my diastolic dropping below 50.

The flip side to this is I have a history of a rapid resting pulse, although it has slowed into consistently high-normal territory post-DS.

I do faint from time to time, particularly if I don't get in enough fluids, salt, electrolytes etc. My doctor has me on daily Gatorade as preventative medicine.

I think my low blood pressure is hereditary.

I spent several years with tachycardia. Even with normal BP...pre-DS, my BP ran 130/80. My tachycardia was medication related and now my resting pulse is a nice 68 bpm.