Hypotension is low blood pressure. Your blood pushes against
your arteries with each heartbeat. The pushing of the blood
against the artery walls is called blood pressure. Low blood
pressure is good in most cases. Sometimes, however, low blood
pressure can make you feel tired or dizzy. Hypotension can be a
sign of an underlying condition that should be treated. Blood
pressure is measured both when your heart beats and in the
periods of rest in between. The measurement of your blood
pumping through your arteries is called systolic pressure. The
measurement for the periods of rest is called diastolic
pressure. Blood pressure is written with the systolic number
above the diastolic number. The National Institutes of Health
(NIH) defines hypotension as being 90/60 or lower (NIH, 2012).
Everyone’s blood pressure drops at one time or another, often
without adverse reaction. Certain conditions can cause prolonged
period of hypotension that can become dangerous if left
untreated. These include: - pregnancy (due to an