Anybody else have this? I was told I have it this week after being hospitalized last week after passing out, falling, and cutting by head pretty bad (6 stitches). My blood pressure when I got to the hospital was 74/40. I drove there. I had no idea it was that low. I felt OK. A little dizzy maybe, but I attributed that to the big gash in my head and the fact that I had just hit my head 3 times in 3 places.
I was hospitalized 3 days. Long story short. I had been passing out for the prior 4 months, 5 times. The cardiologist told me I had autonomic dysfunction due to my MS. He said due to the proximity of my brainstem lesions, my blood pressure mechanism and heart rate mechanism were no longer working the way they should. When I get up from lying down, my blood pressure drops significantly, and so does my heart rate. Unlike in postural hypotention.
So I have to take pills that keep my water intake inside my body (kind of like reverse diuretics), eat more salt, and exercise my lower body more to provide my body with more availability of blood in the upper portion of the cavity. I have an ultrasound of my heart on Tuesday.
Just wondered if anyone else out there had this too. The cardiologist said he had lots of MS patients with this same thing.
Thanks
Lisa
Moderation Team
I was hospitalized 3 days. Long story short. I had been passing out for the prior 4 months, 5 times. The cardiologist told me I had autonomic dysfunction due to my MS. He said due to the proximity of my brainstem lesions, my blood pressure mechanism and heart rate mechanism were no longer working the way they should. When I get up from lying down, my blood pressure drops significantly, and so does my heart rate. Unlike in postural hypotention.
So I have to take pills that keep my water intake inside my body (kind of like reverse diuretics), eat more salt, and exercise my lower body more to provide my body with more availability of blood in the upper portion of the cavity. I have an ultrasound of my heart on Tuesday.
Just wondered if anyone else out there had this too. The cardiologist said he had lots of MS patients with this same thing.
Thanks
Lisa
Moderation Team
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