Quote Originally Posted by WashougalWonder
Orthostatic hypotension is the term for that.

G13, the elevated pulse is the first indication you are dehydrated and your bodies first attempt to keep your cells in your body healthy and well oxygenated. After the pulse can no longer keep up, the BP starts to fall.

As a paramedic the first thing I looked for in a patient that could be bleeding on the inside from a car wreck was what their pulse was doing (among other stuff). It was a quick indicator that only took moments to feel and get my info.
(Damn I miss that career, it was sooo cool)

I suggest you work on getting your dehydration issues corrected. Drink more fluids. A normal resting pulse in a healthy person is 60-80
well as a youngin (12-16) i had a handfull of heatstrokes over the years but they could never tell me why. i have always been athletic, but not well-conditioned, meaning i weigh 150LBs but could never run for long periods of time, like 5 minutes and i was getting wore out, and in the case of when i played basketball id always get extremely lightheaded from running up and down the court, and get that fuzzy vision sometimes. after high school i seemed fine because i wasnt doing anything anymore but just turning wrenches at work(mechanic), so i never noticed or thought anything wrong. BUT, 2 years ago i crashed my car into a tellephone pole at about 40mph head on. my chest crushed and broke my steering wheel. i cant explain the pain it caused to my chest, it felt like i was broken and i literaly could not move without it causing major pain, even when i breathed in and out it was very harsh pain... well anyways my point is, the docs said i was fine, they couldnt find any broken ribs, but said they couldnt tell if any were fractured. i was told the inside lining of my chest was just intensely bruised. but i can feel the left side of my ribcage "sticking out" farther then my right side. they never "found" anything wrong. and since then ive had bad insomnia, easy brusing, noticed blood in stool-multiple times but not "alot", nose bleeds, constant dyarihea, low urination, headaches, fatigueness, short of breathe, heavy feeling lungs, phlem in throat, and cough, but when i go in to the hospital they just tell me im fine...i think i should tell them about the low blood pressure bein a possible cause, because they dont know how to realy "diagnose" someone properly here and "find" out whats wrong with you, and its made me quit going. do you think they will actualy try and help me this time now that i have an idea what it is washougal? well thanks anyway