Low blood pressure in elderly people.
Low blood pressure, or hypotension, is a common condition among elderly people. Although low blood pressure often does not cause such obvious symptoms as high blood pressure, its consequences are very significant. As a geriatrician, I have long grown accustomed to many elderly individuals and their relatives proudly saying that their blood pressure is 110/80, like cosmonauts, completely unaware that there is nothing to be proud of here.
Studying the causes of low blood pressure and the consequences of this phenomenon in the elderly will help us significantly improve their well-being at this age. Let’s go?
Causes of low blood pressure in old age.
I must divide the state of low blood pressure in the elderly into two groups.
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