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Blurry Vision, Weakness, Breathlessness, Hurting Brain When Standing For Few Minutes. Blood Pressure?

This happens to me sometimes, It happens when I woke up, I stand up for a few mins or probably longer, all of the sudden my vision gets blurry, I feel so weak to stand, and I cant really breathe properly, my brain hurts. After that incident, I usually lay down and eat something. But after sometimes, it gets worse, the last time I went through this was yesterday and its actually getting worse. Because it usually last for about 2-3 mins, but then it last longer. Am I okay? or is it my blood pressure?
posted on Thu, 6 Jun 2013
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Hello dear,

The symptoms as mentioned in your post can be due to Postural hypotension.
During prolonged standing or suddenly getting up from lying down position, there is pooling of blood in the lower limbs.
As a result, blood supply to the brain & eyes gets reduced causing the symptoms.

So, kindly consult your Doctor & get your blood pressure levels checked.
Investigations like complete blood count & blood glucose will be helpful to rule out anemia & hypoglycemia which also causes similar symptoms.

Meanwhile, take a healthy balanced diet & maintain adequate hydration.

You can ask me any further query on this website using the below link: http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-polash-sannigrahi/64925

There is no need to worry, you will be fine.

Wishing a good health.
Take care.
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Blurry Vision, Weakness, Breathlessness, Hurting Brain When Standing For Few Minutes. Blood Pressure?

Hello dear, The symptoms as mentioned in your post can be due to Postural hypotension. During prolonged standing or suddenly getting up from lying down position, there is pooling of blood in the lower limbs. As a result, blood supply to the brain & eyes gets reduced causing the symptoms. So, kindly consult your Doctor & get your blood pressure levels checked. Investigations like complete blood count & blood glucose will be helpful to rule out anemia & hypoglycemia which also causes similar symptoms. Meanwhile, take a healthy balanced diet & maintain adequate hydration. You can ask me any further query on this website using the below link: http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-polash-sannigrahi/64925 There is no need to worry, you will be fine. Wishing a good health. Take care.