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What Causes A Diabetic Person To Fall Offen Immediately After Standing Up From The Chair?

my husband is 75 years old and is a dibetic and was dianogised with IPF 6 months ago 54 % of his lungs are scared. He has fallen 3x in the last 3 months and its always the same. he would be sitting at a resturant or in the chair at home gets up walks for a minute or two then gos down. What could be causing this he does not have high blood presurre and he gets up slow and feels ok
Thu, 6 Mar 2014
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Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal.

Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query

The possibility seems to be high that he has developed what is termed as diabetic neuropathy and this has affected his autonomic nervous system. The idea of autonomic nervous systemn is to maintain the functions of body automatically. Like maintaining BO when getting up.

What happens is that when you get up from a chair, the blood pressure falls as the blood is drained to the legs by the effect of gravity. this fall in blood pressure causes vertigo and a possible fall.

I would suggest the following steps
1. Wiggle the toe before getting up.
2. Hold on to something before getting up
3. Plenty of fluids should be taken.
4. crepe bandages on lower legs may help. compression bandages may be used as well
5. maintain a good sugar control. Make sure he is not developing hypoglycemias

I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck.

I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.

Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.

Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
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What Causes A Diabetic Person To Fall Offen Immediately After Standing Up From The Chair?

Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal. Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query The possibility seems to be high that he has developed what is termed as diabetic neuropathy and this has affected his autonomic nervous system. The idea of autonomic nervous systemn is to maintain the functions of body automatically. Like maintaining BO when getting up. What happens is that when you get up from a chair, the blood pressure falls as the blood is drained to the legs by the effect of gravity. this fall in blood pressure causes vertigo and a possible fall. I would suggest the following steps 1. Wiggle the toe before getting up. 2. Hold on to something before getting up 3. Plenty of fluids should be taken. 4. crepe bandages on lower legs may help. compression bandages may be used as well 5. maintain a good sugar control. Make sure he is not developing hypoglycemias I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you. Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)