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What Causes A Sudden Decrease In The BP Level?

Hi, so last night I was visiting a family member at the hospital and it was pretty hot in the ward. So I decided to go outside to get some air. I didn t make it, moments later I was on the floor and after being examined in the ER, I was told I have low blood. I m a 20 year old female, I am always hydrated, I eat a balanced diet, my period s flow has been lighter than ever before and I ve been celibate for almost 7 months now.What could possibly be the cause of the sudden drop in my blood levels?
posted on Sat, 22 Jul 2017
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

If it was your first episode..no need to get panic. Sometimes it happens. You told me that you felt hot inside the room. There is something called as insensible loss of water from body for which sweating is one of the causes. As you were feeling hot inside you might have to sweat a lot which might have reduced the intravascular volume hence lowering BP. Or just you would have had syncope if you were standing for long time. I also would like to inquire you about that blood sugar and ECG reports which I feel it will done in ED. For time being I suggest you to have lot of juices, water, mildly increase your sodium intake. Keep watch on symptoms and I would highly recommend you to check your BP at least once daily preferably in morning and chart it. I also would recommend you to visit ED if u feel something is going wrong.

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What Causes A Sudden Decrease In The BP Level?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. If it was your first episode..no need to get panic. Sometimes it happens. You told me that you felt hot inside the room. There is something called as insensible loss of water from body for which sweating is one of the causes. As you were feeling hot inside you might have to sweat a lot which might have reduced the intravascular volume hence lowering BP. Or just you would have had syncope if you were standing for long time. I also would like to inquire you about that blood sugar and ECG reports which I feel it will done in ED. For time being I suggest you to have lot of juices, water, mildly increase your sodium intake. Keep watch on symptoms and I would highly recommend you to check your BP at least once daily preferably in morning and chart it. I also would recommend you to visit ED if u feel something is going wrong. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.