What are the symptoms of neurally mediated hypotension?
Hypotension is a term used to indicate low blood pressure. Neurally mediated hypotension is a complex situation where irregular reflex actions occur between the brain and the heart, though they are structured normally. It is also known as fainting reflex. This situation occurs due to one of several reasons. For instance, if a person remains in an upright position for too long, or is exposed to warm environments for long periods of time or even if a person faces an emotionally stressful experience. There are various symptoms of neurally mediated hypotension. Two of the common ones are light-headedness or fainting. However, these are also the symptoms of many similar medical conditions so it is best to test with other symptoms as well. Fatigue and headache, as well as muscle aches and mental confusion are vital symptoms to identify this condition. It is not easy to detect this illness using the regular blood pressure tests so a more effective test is carried out which is called the tilt