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Old 14th January 2005 | 04:49
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Loose rivets
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
I'm utterly bewildered. I know that I'm unqualified, but surly in all cases of some form of dizziness upon rising, there is a distinct tendency to grey out. He says that his vision is fine.

This guy is describing symptoms that are not at all like a momentary fall in BP, and he adds other parameters that could indicate a quite different kind of problem. There may be some red-herrings with the sting and the (presumably) hot sunshine during a swim at this latitude...but who knows.

As one who has extraordinarily low BP, I know that when I go on a crash diet, I will, after about the third day, get quite severe symptoms when rising suddenly. Using anti-g stomach muscle techniques, I can immediately restore things to normal. His symptoms are quite different.

He uses the word clumsy...and combined with the bad headache during the swim, I would feel better if this guy was in the doctor's surgery right now.
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