I'm really worried about my uncle who's a dialysis patient and is 67 years old. Usually, his blood pressure hovers around 160180, occasionally hitting 120140, but after his last dialysis session three days ago, it's dropped to 10070. Today, during dialysis, it went even lower, between 8090. What can we do to help increase his blood pressure?

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Dr Anshul Maheshwari

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Low blood pressure during dialysis may be due to

Excessive water removal, than the weight gain between dialysis 2. New onset cardiac problem 3.if the patient is having any internal infection

If patient is taking BP medicine before going to dialysis Clearly may be any one of them If the BP is low , dialysis may not be adequately done. Next Steps 2D Echo,ECG Health Tips Stop taking BP medicine before dialysis schedule

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Answered 04/07/2025

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