Talk:Orthostatic hypotension

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[edit] Question

> Orthostatic hypotension (also known as postural hypotension and,
> colloquially, as head rush) is a sudden fall in blood pressure
> that occurs when a person assumes a standing position.


Can someone please refer me to what condition results from the
opposite of this?

Sometimes I develop a headache when I get into an inverted
position like being upside down, or laying head downwards
on a slope.

I always thought what I was suffering was a "headrush", but
the wiki page describes headrush as being caused by "standing up",
which is the opposite direction.

Surely if there is a name for a condition where someone
experiences a "sudden fall in blood presure" there must be a
name for the condition where someone has a "sudden increase
in blood pressure".

Please email me at email address jbit@ev1.net

[edit] Long term effects

Are there any long term effects from orthostatic hypotension?

Not from orthostatic hypotension itself, but it possible for, say, head injuries to be suffered if the individual falls down during an attack.LeeRamsey (talk) 01:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Revision

I tried to undo a vandalism but maybe not everything is right, please check. Gaviidae 12:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Text lifted from NIH page?

It seems like some of the text on this page was lifted directly from: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/orthostatic_hypotension/orthostatic_hypotension.htm Particularly the Treatment section and some of the sentences in the Symptoms section. And it's not attributed to that site.

Is this allowed, since it's a .gov site? Or is it a copyright violation? --Catnmus 03:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More copyrighting

May actually have been copyrighted at: http://hypertension-facts.org/about.html --Catnmus 03:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] After pregnancy?

I have heard that this condition often disappears after pregnancy. My PubMed searches have yielded nothing on this matter, however. Can anyone more knowledgeable than I confirm or deny this? If it's true, it would be useful information to incorporate into the article.Lilac Soul 09:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wrongdiagnosis

I strongly oppose the use of a non-authoritative website as a source. JFW | T@lk 10:26, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay. Got rid of that reference. The article really could use more work. I wish I knew more about orthostatic changes. :-( Ksheka 19:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with orthostatic intolerance?

As far as I can tell, orthostatic intolerance and orthostatic hypotension are the same thing. Should these two be merged?

They are not the same thing, and should not be merged. --Arcadian (talk) 19:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm perfectly willing to believe you. I merged the pages is because there were no objections to the above suggestion, and the first sentence of this article asserts that they are identical: "Orthostatic hypotension (also known as...orthostatic intolerance..." Presumably it should be corrected. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
I have fixed that first sentence. --Arcadian (talk) 06:02, 30 January 2008 (UTC)