What Would Cause Terrible Weakness In The Legs And Low BP?

Posted on Sun, 10 Jun 2018

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Question : Hello, I have a concern about my blood pressure. I had an incident where my legs got real weak and as my husband started to help me I fell. 911 called blood pressure 82/96. Today I was feeling weakness in my legs and tired. Pressure today 111\58. I am on blonde pressure meds

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommen as follows:

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

Your blood pressure values are low and your symptoms are related to low blood pressure values.

Coming to this point, I would recommend avoid blood pressure meds during these days, until your blood pressure values will get high again.

If low blood pressure values persist, despite stopping blood pressure meds, I would recommend consulting with your GP for a physical exam and some tests:

- complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytes for any possible imbalance
- a resting ECG.

In the meantime, I recommend having some rest and taking plenty of fluids.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar