Why me.........?

Oh dear, sorry to hear this this. Hope you get medication sorted out swiftly and pain under control. Best wishes

BP is too low, lower than 90/60 should be a cause for concern. if your GP does not change your meds then I would suggest going to another one. Falls are def. to be avoided, but I guess you know that. Hope you get better soon.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/high-blood-pressure-hypertension/

Sorry about your accident but even sorrier for the utter disgrace of a GP you have. S/he is just wrong. You need to complain and change GPS - this is dangerous

Was your low blood pressure mentioned when you were being treated in hospital with your shoulder?

It was maryeliza - am now scheduled for 24 hour bp monitor so I can get this sorted out properly. It’s not great that I’ve had to suffer this fall but at least it’s brought it all to a head. I hear what you’re saying hypertension, but we live in the country and next GP practice is 12 miles away. I think a salutary lesson has been learned as practice is now falling over itself to sort this out.

I’m really pleased that you are now receiving proper care. It could well be argued that your falls were a result of your dangerously low bp. I know you may not feel upto it but have you thought of asking why the GP made that (actually unforgivable) error? I used to work in medical regulation and complaints and had this case been notified to me I would have insisted on some formal retraining on bp for this GP and requested an audit on his records to check if he had made this error previously.

Most doctors consider blood pressure too low only if it causes symptoms. Some experts define low blood pressure as readings lower than 90 mm Hg systolic or 60 mm Hg diastolic. If either number is below that, your pressure is lower than normal. Your reading were below at both levels.

I’d change your GP!

can I ask if your heartrate was particularly low too? My OH uses a moitor for his BP and he's been getting very low heartrate readings on it .As low as 47 ! I made an appointment with his GP who told him 47 isn't too low ,he's been dizzy getting up and as he had heart attacks a few years ago I'm very concerned .

Anja I think what’s concerning in this case is that this was medication induced hypotension and not ‘natural’. When I started on my bp medication, the GP was clear that we were to achieve a level that was not too low and his main reason was the risk of falls

You poor thing! That sounds incredibly uncomfortable and must mean you're very restricted in what you can do.

Wrt blood pressure, mine has always been on the low side, readings such as 65/48 wouldn't be unusual for me and nomon has ever suggested it to me. But I imagine maybe a naturally low BP is a different kettle of fish to an artificially lowered BP.