Re: 24weeks and hypotension! thankyou dr Braun

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At Thu, 23 May 2002, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote: >
>At Thu, 23 May 2002, kerry wrote:
>>
>>At Thu, 23 May 2002, bm wrote:
>>>
>>>Drs any suggestions on how to raise blood pressure? Every month when I
>>>go to the ob. my blood pressure is lower and lower, no wonder I feel
>>>totally wiped by around mid-afternoon! Yesterday it was 90/60 Only thing
>>>dr suggested was drinking some coffee, but I don't want to do that for
>>>fear of the caffeine not being good for the baby
>>
>>Hi There,
>>That BP is classed as normal, lower normal, but normal. Thing is, if
>>you usually have a higher BP, it can make you dizzy. Try drinking lots
>>of fluids...mainly water and don't get up to quickly from sitting etc.
>>Often a womans BP will drop in the mid trimester, and then goes up a
>>little more in the last.
>>Hope this helps,
>>
>>--
>>Kerry 38 weeks (cardiology RN)
>>
>NO! NO! NO!
>Pregnancy causes BP to be lower. Progesterone relaxes the smooth muscle
>surrounding the arterioless and this allow them to dilate and the
>pressure becomes lower.
>Aalso some physicians and nurses will incorrectly take the BP in the top
>arm with the patient laying down on their side. This gives a FALSE low
>reading. The appropriate way to take BP is in the right arm in the
>sitting position.
>
>RDB
>
>--
>R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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