Upright hypotension is the disease.
Upright hypotension is diagnosed when systolic blood pressure falls ≥20 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure falls ≥10 mmHg within 3 minutes of standing upright. It is a relatively common clinical low blood pressure disease. It includes primary upright hypotension and secondary upright hypotension.
1. Primary upright hypotension: It is related to changes in body position (especially upright position) and accompanied by symptoms of low perfusion, such as dizziness, lightheadedness, blurred vision, fatigue, nausea, cognitive dysfunction, palpitations, and neck and back pain. If the symptoms are mild and have no effect on life, they can be left untreated, but if they are more serious, they need to seek medical attention for standardized treatment.
2. Secondary upright hypotension: mostly seen after sympathetic nerve removal or injury, central nervous system diseases. Such as central nervous system of multiple system atrophy, spinal tuberculosis, etc.; chronic wasting disease, such as severe acute infectious diseases, chronic infections such as tuberculosis, etc.; ganglion blockers and antihypertensive drugs and other drug applications.
It is recommended that patients seek timely medical treatment, identify the cause of the disease under the guidance of the doctor and standardize the treatment.