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Light-headed, Dizziness, Feeling Faint On Suddenly Standing. Causes For Symptoms?
I was at a football game in XXXXXX and I was at the very top. Every time I would get up to cheer I felt light headed and faint and dizzy but only when I stood up to cheer when I was sitting down I was fine. So my question is why did that happen? I an not afraid of heights I m a flight attendant so I don t think heights bother me.
Tue, 30 Oct 2012
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Thanks for your query...
Did you have such episodes before? May be you are having orthostatic hypotension.
Orthostatic hypotension is defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure of at least 20 mmHg and/or in the diastolic blood pressure of at least 10 mmHg between the supine reading and the upright reading.
So get a clinical examination done by your doctor and get it diagnosed.
Update here about your condition.
Hope this helps
Take care.
Thanks for your query...
Did you have such episodes before? May be you are having orthostatic hypotension.
Orthostatic hypotension is defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure of at least 20 mmHg and/or in the diastolic blood pressure of at least 10 mmHg between the supine reading and the upright reading.
So get a clinical examination done by your doctor and get it diagnosed.
Update here about your condition.
Hope this helps
Take care.
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