My husband seemed to have passed out!

Hi everyone, has anyone had experience of this. I think it could be linked to a drop in blood pressure, but I'm not sure. Over a 45 minute period i tried in vain to bring Peter round. I checked his pulse which was hard to detect and his breathing rate was low. The strange thing he was muttering and was giddy. At what point could this be life threatening. Afterwards, i asked Peter if he could hear me and he said he could but couldn't respond. At the moment i feel there is so much of this we can't control and i feel scared of what is to come. Regards Sharon

[Yanno]

Hello Sharon, I think you are probably right about it being a blood pressure issue. Jackie unfortunately ‘passes out’ on a regular basis. I have learnt the warning signs and immediately put her feet up. I know some people have to be laid flat on the floor or on a bed to come round. It’s best to get things checked out however and talk to your doctor. Also we have been encouraged to take Jackie’s blood pressure regularly to monitor changes. This post has reminded me that we haven’t done it for a while.

There’s information about postural hypertension on the MSA Trust web site that may help.

Take care, Ian x

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Thanks Ian for reply, i was worried it could be something else. I'm finding it difficult as i thought we would have a few years before major changes would impact his life. Regards Sharon x

[matie1]

This is an issue for my husband too. He’s on medication to help regulate his bp (Midodrine). However in his case it is usually an indicator that there is something else going on - UTI or chest infection brewing. It might be an idea to contact your gp just to check. Hope this is of some help.

[chester2107]

yes could be chest infection , happened to my dad a few times , it is really scary , unfortunately my dad passed last year , but he was in later stages definitely speak to your doctor or consultant

hope you get some answers

love elaine xx

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Yeah it can be a bit scary sometimes when a new symptom appears. I reckon one of the plus sides of being a carer for someone with MSA is a growing confidence in taking weird surprises in ones stride. Which still doesn't mean it's easy. Kx

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Ps sorry I don't know at what point it becomes dangerously low. Would be generally interested if anyone could comment. We don't have a blood pressure monitor so guess it would be looking at symptoms.(Dad's on a steroid to keep his BP up so it's not been an issue so far)

[Diane831]

Hi Sharon. When this happened with Geoff it was a case of trying to get him as flat down as possible with his legs lifted although I did hurt my back once so being careful for yourself is important. Putting legs up onto a stool might help and we did eventually have a wheelchair with a tilt function and elevating leg rests in case of a problem. It is really scary and 45 minutes is a very long time for him to be in that state. I hope that it is just one of those one off occurrences and that you don’t have to face it again.

Diane

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Thank you Diane, he has had very short episodes before but that was the longest. RegardsSharon