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How long would a person with low blood pressure survive?
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Default How long would a person with low blood pressure survive? - 01-07-2009, 09:52 AM

My 82 year old grandmother recently suffered a mild heart attack, this heart attach let her with low blood pressure and with a feeding tube. He currently is in grave condition and on the bed not speaking, jus communicating thuroug eye movements. I wuold like to know how long would she survive in this condition
   
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Default 01-23-2009, 01:49 AM

There is more going on here then low blood pressure. She obviously has a cardiac condition and there must be a reason for the feeding tube - it would not be her having low blood pressure. I would sit down with your family and ask them to explain to you what her condition and prognosis is. You love her and deserve to know. God Bless.
   
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Default 03-08-2009, 05:31 PM

It's impossible to answer that without knowing a lot more about the condition your grandmother is in. Low blood pressure is a symptom of something else going wrong, not a disease in itself, so the cause is much more important than the blood pressure itself. Depending on what the pressure is, what's causing it, and the baseline blood pressure, it can be anything from normal baseline state to an indication of critical, life-threatening illness. Ask your grandmother's doctors about her prognosis, they're the ones who are in the best position to give you a meaningful answer.
   
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Default 03-09-2009, 01:13 PM

You won't die from Low Blood Pressure. You do understand that your Grandmother has other issues. No one can say for sure when someone will pass away. Your Grandmother has a feeding tube. I'm not sure why this was done. I send my thoughts and prayers to you.
   
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Default 03-23-2009, 02:49 PM

More then likely the doctors have her on heart meds and MOST of them lower your blood pressure, this makes it easyer on your heart and less work if the pressure is lower.
   
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