Name
HYPOTENSION
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. CARDIAC - HEART BLOCK - DYSRHYTHMIAS - MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - CARDIOMEGALY / CARDIOMYOPATHY - AORTIC OR PULMONARY VALVULAR STENOSIS - HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY - ATRIAL MYXOMA - PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION - PULMONARY EMBOLISM - CARDIAC TEMPONADE - MITRAL & TRICUSPID STENOSIS - COR TRIATRIATUM - TETRALOGY OF FALLOT - EISENMENGER SYNDROME 2 . IMPAIRED VASOMOTOR CONTROL - VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE - GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA - MICTURITION , DEGLUTITION OR POST TUSSIVE SYNCOPE - BAROCEPTOR DYSFUNCTION IN ELDERLY - AUTONOMIC DEGENERATION ( DIABETES & SHY- DRAGER SYNDROME ) - CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY 3. IMPAIRED VENOUS RETURN - HAEMORRHAGE & DEHYDRATION - MUSCLE WASTING & PROLONGED BED REST 4. METABOLIC & ENDOCRINE - PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA - SEROTONIN SECRETING TUMORS - HYPORENINAEMIC HYPOALDOSTERONISM 5. DRUGS - ANTIHYPERTENSIVES PARTICULARLY CENTRALLY ACTING , GANGLION BLOCKING , POST ADRENERGIC GANGLION BLOCKING , ALPHA BLOCKERS & DIURETICS - CNS DEPRESSANTS - QUINIDINE & OTHER CARDIAC DEPRESSANT DRUGS
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
BLOOD UREA, X-RAY CHEST P.A. VIEW( NORMAL ), COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, ECG, BLOOD SUGAR ( RANDOM )