Trying Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Our daughter who is chairbound (only 22yo), extreme lack of energy, has had very low pulse pressure. That is the systolic blood pressure minus diastolic blood pressure, and take that number and divide by systolic. She has been as low as 18% (85/72), and internet says it should be no lower than 25%. Cardiologist seemed unconcerned, but when her pulse pressure is real low, she feels even worse. Anyone else have thoughts? Does it relate to low preload of the heart and therefore, not enough blood so it lowers stroke volume/cardiac output? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogini Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Hi, check with your doctor, but I would be worried more about blood pressure and blood volume than pulse pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 low pulse pressure is not uncommon in POTS patients. It has been discussed here on the forum. You might try a search for it to see past discussions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecipeForDisaster Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 I find that this is a good benchmark for how bad I feel, even if my BP isn't incredibly low. The smaller the pulse pressure, usually, the worse I'm doing. I haven't found doctors to be that interested in this either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelloz Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Same here!!!! Low pulse pressure and I feel terrible but no doctor has really said much about this when I bring it to their attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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