I am curious if anyone has heard about mild dehydration causing a drop in blood pressure. At my doctor's office today they took it like they always do, and it was 91/58. It is normally between 103-110/60 so it wasn't THAT much lower than normal, but I've never seen that top number in the 90s. The med. assistant said it was probably from dehydration. To take my mind off my mom and my shoulder I looked it up and there is some indication about that being in the "athletic and children" range, though that seems a bit of a catch-all. I am not worried about it at this point, though given my current extreme stress level I am rather surprised that it is low rather than high.
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08-29-2013, 06:02 PM #1
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08-29-2013, 08:18 PM #2
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Yes, dehydration can lower blood pressure. That's one of the reasons that doctors sometimes prescribe diuretics along with blood pressure lowering meds.
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08-30-2013, 03:04 AM #3
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Yes, because I've experienced it myself.
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08-30-2013, 04:13 AM #4
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Yup, had some of these discussions with my docs.
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08-30-2013, 04:21 AM #5
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Dehydration reduces blood volume, so pressure follows. Don't even ask me how many times they had to stick me to find a vein to rehydrate me when I got dehydrated from not getting enough salt.....
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08-30-2013, 04:27 AM #6
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Very interesting! Oakleaf, I've had the same thing happen on days I've needed to get blood drawn but this is the first time I've seen it affect my blood pressure. Well, it makes sense as I had just left from my crazy group training to go to my Osteopath for yesterday's appointment.
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