Low blood pressure often does not need treatment unless it causes symptoms like dizziness, fainting, weakness, or blurred vision; if it does, common first steps include drinking more water, getting up slowly, eating smaller meals, and checking with a clinician about whether adding more salt, compression stockings, or other treatment is appropriate.

Quick Scoop

If you feel fine, low blood pressure may simply be normal for you, but symptoms are the main reason to pay attention.

What you can do

  • Drink more water to help raise blood volume.
  • Stand up slowly, especially from bed or after sitting.
  • Eat smaller, more frequent meals.
  • Limit alcohol, since it can lower blood pressure further.
  • Ask a doctor whether extra salt, compression stockings, or abdominal support would be safe for you.

When to get help

Seek medical advice if low blood pressure is new, keeps happening, or comes with fainting, severe dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath, confusion, or signs of shock.

Bottom line

A reading below 90/60 mmHg is often used to define low blood pressure, but the key issue is whether it is causing symptoms or linked to another condition.

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