Dizzy when is stand up

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Please contact your health care provider for questions specific to your individual health history or care. This helps explain why dizziness upon rising from bed is so common. Drinking a lot of water before bedtime is not the best solution, since it can send you racing to the bathroom at night. Wait until you are up and around to start taking fluids, and get enough throughout the day.

Rise slowly. After sleeping, sitting for an extended period, or eating a full meal, take your time rising to a standing position. It may help to clench your leg muscles before standing to push the pooled blood into your system. Change your eating habits.

If dizziness strikes after meals, try eating smaller but more frequent meals. It may also help to limit how many rapidly digested carbohydrates you eat in one sitting, such as white bread and other foods made with highly refined flour, white rice, potatoes, and sugary beverages. Get moving. A bit of light exercise in the morning can also help to get the blood moving and your blood pressure up.

Also, avoid standing in place or sitting for too long, because this increases pooling of blood in the legs.

If you ever lose consciousness when standing up—even for a moment—or if you fall, tell your doctor right away. Medications are available to treat orthostatic hypotension if necessary. Sit on the edge of the bed for a couple seconds before standing and take a couple seconds before you start walking to give your body a chance to respond.

Similarly, use caution in the morning or after prolonged periods or lying down, when getting up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, after large meals and after hot showers.

Many things can affect how you regulate your blood pressure when you stand. Things such as age, medications, medical problems, dehydration, and even deconditioning can be associated with postural dizziness. If this is happening often, see your doctor. Do you ever feel dizzy when standing?

Chronic orthostatic hypotension is usually a sign of another health problem, so treatment varies. The most common symptom is lightheadedness or dizziness when you stand up after sitting or lying down. Symptoms usually last less than a few minutes. Occasional dizziness or lightheadedness may be fairly minor — triggered by mild dehydration, low blood sugar or overheating.

Dizziness or lightheadedness may also happen when you stand after sitting for a long time. If these symptoms happen only occasionally, there's likely no cause for concern. It's important to see your doctor if you have frequent symptoms of orthostatic hypotension because they can signal serious problems. It's even more urgent to see a doctor if you lose consciousness, even for just a few seconds. Keep a record of your symptoms, when they occurred, how long they lasted and what you were doing at the time.

If these occur at dangerous times, such as while driving, discuss this with your doctor. When you stand up, gravity causes blood to pool in your legs and abdomen. This decreases blood pressure because there's less blood circulating back to your heart. Normally, special cells baroreceptors near your heart and neck arteries sense this lower blood pressure. The baroreceptors send signals to centers in your brain, which signals your heart to beat faster and pump more blood, which stabilizes blood pressure.

These cells also narrow the blood vessels and increase blood pressure.