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Orthostatic Hypotension : Treatments

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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Advice to discontinue suspected medication
  • Application of Elastic stockings
  • Assume a squatting position
  • Crossing the legs
  • High Sodium (Salt) Diet
  • Maintain a sitting position
  • Sleep in head-up position
  • Stooping forward

Treatments Overview Articles

Orthostatic Hypotension
Primary care practitioner (internist); or in complicated cases (severe orthostatic hypotension) a neurologist is consulted.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Orthostatic Hypotension
When the cause of orthostatic hypotension is related to medication, it is often possible to treat it by reducing dosage or changing the prescription. If it is caused by low blood volume, an increase in fluid intake and retention will solve the pro...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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