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system, lack of nutrition and chronic                        Exercising:-

    conditions like asthma and arthritis.                        Regular bouts of mild exercising can
                                                                 reduce venous pooling and increase
    Vasodilation:-                                               plasma volume. Indulge in sitting or
    This is when the blood vessels widen as                      supine exercises as standing exercises
    supposed to when they should narrow                          may increase the flow of blood pressure
    down (vasoconstriction) for blood flow.                       to the lower body.

    This allows blood vessels to dilate and
    leads to drop in blood pressure. In most                     Fluids and Salts:-
    cases vasodilation is caused as a side                       Staying hydrated can help maintain or
    effect of pharmaceutical drugs that alter                     improve healthy blood volume. Make
    certain cardiac hormones.                                    sure you are adequately hydrated
                                                                 through the day. Salt can increase blood
    Aortic Stenosis:-                                            pressure so it is advised to increase
    This involves the narrowing of aortic                        intake with food. Meet your doctor before
    valves in the heart, which is gradual and                    you take this step as excess salt can
    occurs with age and is accelerated by                        increase heart disease risk.
    smoking and high cholesterol. This
    reduces the heart's blood pumping                             Medication:-
    capacity, reducing blood flow. It may also                    There are a vast range of medical
    occur due to genetic fever.                                  treatments available to treat orthostatic

                                                                 hypotension. Consult you doctor if other
    Pharmaceutical Drugs:-
    Medicines that are diuretics or can cause                    remedies aren't helping you cope.
    blood thinning as a side-effect can
    worsen orthostatic hypotension. Check
    with your doctor to rule out any
    possibilities.


    Ways to Prevent and Treat                                                   Girish Sharma,
    Orthostatic Hypotenstion:-
                                                                                     MD, FACC
    Abdominal and Lower Limb
    Compressors:-
    Studies show that abdominal binders and                      Girish Sharma is a cardiologist, whose
    compression stockings can reduce blood                       practicing cardiology and internal
    from pooling at the lower end of the body.                   medicine. He is a speaker for various

    This is effective especially against                          medical subjects. He is well known for
    hypotension caused by a weak nervous                         making tough medical subjects easy to
    system.                                                      understand equally well by the medical
                                                                 professionals well as general audience.
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