Low blood pressure in a 70 year old person does not need to be treated if there is no disease. If it is caused by antihypertensive drugs, it is recommended to reduce or change the drugs under the guidance of a physician, and if it is caused by a disease, then it should be treated for the related disease.
1. normal situation: the elderly blood vessels will be relatively hardened, with age, this hardening will gradually increase, which will lead to a decline in diastolic blood pressure, lower than the normal 60mmHg. this situation if there is no other discomfort symptoms and no other diseases, generally do not need treatment.
2. Drugs: if too much use of antihypertensive drugs will appear low pressure, then you need to promptly reduce the amount under the guidance of the doctor or stop taking and replace other drugs, so as to avoid the low pressure leads to fainting and other situations.
3. High systolic blood pressure, low diastolic blood pressure: this situation is considered and vascular factors, poor vascular compliance, can be seen in elderly patients with hypertension, while some diseases such as moderate to severe aortic valve insufficiency and other diseases can also cause.
We need to go to the hospital as soon as possible for diagnosis, and under the guidance of the doctor for drug or surgical treatment.