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Blood pressure drops when standing - related to bad varicose vein??

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hannah48003
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I have a bad varicose vein in my left leg and will be having it stripped next month.

I am just getting over another bout of phlebitis. On top of that I seem to be suffering from dizziness and almost passing out when I stand up for too long and being active. For example I feed the cats and feel like I have run a 100 metre sprint! Light headed, short of breath, sweaty and heart pounding.

I have had a full heart check and that is fine but I have read about varicose veins causing your blood pressure to drop when standing due to the blood pooling in the veins.

I have low blood pressure anyway and suffered from it dropping during pregnancy and when I had an anaesthetic so I know I am prone to it.

Anyone else heard of it or suffer from it?

I have another appointment with my GP today so I will keep you posted as well.

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