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How To Treat Low BP And Heart Rate In A Person With Pneumonia?
my father was in the hospital 2 weeks ago for a pneumonia ..he was in emergency oct 20 for not feeling well went to hospital in ambulance .. they kept him to monitor his heart and his pacemaker ( which was put in mars of this year) then after not having anything conclusive echo they send him back home on thursday the 22 and we came back in an ambulance on friday night for having difficulty of breathing....he was there for a week and got out on the 29 with medication to take for 10 days because of pneumonia which seems after sing the doctor ok.. now is blood pressure is low today after taking his shower..we are at 87/47 heart at 50 / 51 (pacemaker) what is the best thing to do?
Tue, 5 Jan 2016
Hello and welcome to HCM,
The low blood pressure and low heart rate are probably not due to pneumonia.
A history of insertion of pace maker suggests that you are suffering from arrhythmia.
Arrhythmia is a disorder of cardiac rate and rhythm.
Thus, the low heart rate with low blood pressure is due to the underlying disease.
You need to consult your cardiologist to assess the working of your pace- maker.
The heart rhythm should be corrected by insertion of pace maker.
If there is difficulty in maintaining cardiac rhythm, then probably there is some issue with the cardiac pace maker.
The blood pressure is associated with heart rhythm and thus correction of heart rhythm will correct the blood pressure also.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
The low blood pressure and low heart rate are probably not due to pneumonia.
A history of insertion of pace maker suggests that you are suffering from arrhythmia.
Arrhythmia is a disorder of cardiac rate and rhythm.
Thus, the low heart rate with low blood pressure is due to the underlying disease.
You need to consult your cardiologist to assess the working of your pace- maker.
The heart rhythm should be corrected by insertion of pace maker.
If there is difficulty in maintaining cardiac rhythm, then probably there is some issue with the cardiac pace maker.
The blood pressure is associated with heart rhythm and thus correction of heart rhythm will correct the blood pressure also.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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