Posted by Sulpicia on June 21, 2001, at 21:39:30
In reply to Orthostatic hypotension in teens - common? » Sulpicia, posted by Jane D on June 21, 2001, at 11:42:10
> > I'm tall and when I was growing rapidly orthostatic hypotension was a bit
> > problematic until I learned to stand up slowly.
>
> Sulpicia - Is this common in teenagers? It happened to me daily when I was a teen but I never knew what it was. Eventually it went away. No low blood pressure now either. - JaneI've never looked into it but I come from a tall family and married into another --
all of us had it roughly from the beginning of the fast pre-menarche spurt, or andrarche, right up to 17 or 18 -- this is also some stage in sexual maturity too but which, I can't remember.
It seems like it must be either the body having to play catch-up to regulate a much more extensive system or it could be hormonally related??
S.
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