Causes of low blood pressure

Written by Zhang Yue Mei
Cardiology
Updated on June 20, 2025
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There are many causes of hypotension, including nervous disorders due to lack of rest, excessive fatigue, and staying up late in some normal populations, which can cause hypotension. It can also be limited to some elderly and frail patients, or due to uncontrolled diet and insufficient provision of nutrients, leading to nutritional deficiencies and low blood volume causing hypotension. These hypotensions can be alleviated by adjusting lifestyle and supplementing nutrition. Hypotension is more commonly caused by certain diseases, such as infections, blood loss, heart failure, arrhythmias, and severe cardiomyopathy, which can lead to hypotension. This type of hypotension requires timely treatment and emergency intervention to save the patient's life.

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How to deal with low blood pressure?

Low blood pressure in medicine refers to a systolic pressure below 90mmHg and a diastolic pressure below 60mmHg. So, what should one do after being diagnosed with low blood pressure? First, a formal examination is necessary, such as a blood test, to see if anemia might be causing the low blood pressure. Additionally, carrying out a cardiac ultrasound and an electrocardiogram (ECG) to check for potential heart diseases is advisable. Second, if anemia, heart diseases, or other conditions are ruled out as causes of the low blood pressure, appropriate medication can be taken to raise the blood pressure. For instance, certain traditional Chinese medicines, ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Glehnia littoralis, and Pseudostellaria heterophylla, can be helpful. One can take Chinese herbal decoctions under the guidance of a qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor to help increase blood pressure. (Specific medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor; do not self-medicate.)

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What is the range for low blood pressure?

Blood pressure is an important indicator of human vital signs. Normal blood can meet the demands of human life activities and the blood supply to major organs. Too low blood pressure can severely affect human health and even endanger life. Normal blood pressure ranges from 90 to 140 mmHg for systolic and 60 to 90 mmHg for diastolic pressure. A systolic pressure below 90 mmHg and a diastolic pressure below 60 mmHg is considered low blood pressure. Diagnosis should also take into account underlying diseases, clinical symptoms, and other factors.

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What are the symptoms of low blood pressure?

Long-term low blood pressure can lead to general weakness, loss of appetite, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, and blackouts. Due to the excessively low blood pressure, the important organs suffer from ischemia and hypoxia, causing symptoms of ischemia and hypoxia in various organs, especially cerebral hypoxia, which can manifest as nausea, vomiting, headaches, blackouts, and even fainting. Therefore, low blood pressure should be actively treated and improved. Severe low blood pressure requires the use of medications, replenishment of blood volume, and appropriate application of certain vasopressor drugs to raise blood pressure and maintain adequate blood supply to important organs.

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How to alleviate low blood pressure?

It is necessary to adjust regular living habits and provide high-nutrient foods and broths for the elderly, women during their menstrual period, pregnant women, or individuals experiencing low blood pressure due to excessive fatigue, lack of rest, staying up late, and poor nutrition, in order to manage their low blood pressure. Often, the use of medications is not necessary. For low blood pressure caused by diseases, it is appropriate to use medications that increase blood pressure or supplement blood volume while treating the primary disease, in order to change the low blood pressure condition.

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Is low blood pressure serious?

Low blood pressure is a common and frequently occurring disease clinically. It often occurs in physically weak individuals, middle-aged and elderly people, or women during their physiological period, as well as people who do not pay attention to nutritional intake while dieting. It can also be seen in some diseases that cause low blood pressure. Low blood pressure caused by reasons such as diet and age is generally not too serious and can be managed by adjusting daily routines and dietary structures. However, low blood pressure caused by blood loss, allergies, heart failure, trauma, and other factors is a manifestation of shock and is very serious. In severe cases, it can be life-threatening and requires immediate emergency treatment.