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Low blood pressure after eating (postprandial hypotension). Postprandial hypotension is a sudden drop in blood pressure after eating. It affects mostly older adults. ... Postprandial hypotension is more likely to affect people with high blood pressure or autonomic nervous system disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
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Postprandial Hypotension: Hypotension, common in older adults, can cause serious problems ... Vloet LC, Pel-Little RE, Jansen PA, et al. High prevalence of postprandial and orthostatic hypotension among geriatric patients admitted to Dutch hospitals. J Gerontological A Biol Sci Med Sci 2005;60:1271-7.
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BACKGROUND: Postprandial hypotension (PPH) appears in various conditions with autonomic failure and was symptomatic in a patient with thoracic paraplegia, but was not remarkable in patients with tetraplegia. ... Postprandial Period [physiology]
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(4,12,13,14). It has been suggested that very healthy older persons do not have postprandial hypotension (15). In this study, whereas forearm vascular resistance fell, it was com-pensated for by other alterations in the autonomic nervous system to maintain cardiac output.
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Data Synthesis: Postprandial hypotension, defined as a decrease in systolic blood pressure of 20 mm Hg or more, may result in syncope, falls, dizziness, weakness, angina pectoris, and stroke. Postprandial hypotension is distinct from and probably more common than orthostatic hypotension.
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Background: Syncope and falls are common in elderly persons and often result from the interaction of multiple clinical abnormalities. Both orthostatic hypotension and postprandial hypotension increase in prevalence with age.
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Mechanisms and causes of orthostatic and postprandial hypotension ... This topic will review the symptoms and treatment of patients with chronic symptomatic orthostatic hypotension and postprandial hypotension.
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This is a discussion on MedHelp about Postprandial hypotension. Community members of MedHelp provide help, support, guidance and discussion around the topic of Postprandial hypotension ... Uffda, Postprandial hypotension is characterized by a drop in blood pressure after meals. Normally the intestines require a large...
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As cardiovascular responses are relevant to the prevention of postprandial hypotension (subnormal arterial blood pressure following a meal), this can be an important clinical problem. Both Type 2 diabetes and postprandial hypotension occur most frequently in the elderly.
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