Question

Mrs. Haas comes to your office for her annual checkup, and you note that her blood pressure is very low. She tells you that her blood pressure has always been a bit low, and that she has been told that low blood pressure is actually a good thing. What should the nurse tell her?

Answer 1

When there is chronic low blood pressure with no symptoms is not serious. But the actute pressure drops causes problem like inadequate blood flow, strokes, heart attacks and kidney failure. It causes more severe form of shock. The causes for this could be reduced volume of blood, heart disease, and irrelavant medications. Blood pressure is considered low blood pressure when the readings are lower than 90 mm Hg systolic or 60 mm Hg diastolic. Food that can be taken for low blood pressure are drink plenty of fluids, salts, caffeine, B12 intake and folate intake.