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What Does BP Level Of 74/41 Suggest?
Hi I just took my husbands blood pressure and it is 74/41. It has been low all day. He feels cold and clammy, sick to his stomach, tired, and his color is pale with a grayish color to it. Nurse was here at noon and his bp was 70/50, and then at 5pm it was 86/55. Dr was notified but didn t seem concerned. He is a diabetic and just got out of the hospital 5 days ago. He had kidney failure, liver failure, congested heart failure. He also had a virol infection with ecoli in his urine and another infection in his urine also. He is also type 2 diabetis, and now is on dialisys.
Fri, 29 May 2015
Dear, thanks for taking the time to ask your questions to us. First of all, a patient with congestive heart pressure needs to have a low blood pressure to avoid that the heart will work more. Another situation is that when a patient is in dialysis, he/she lose a lot of volume of water and that can create low blood pressure. It is very important to check if he has any symptoms, as dizziness and weakness. It this is not the case, just keep monitoring his BP and keep record of any changes
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