A member asked:

How can tilt table tests cause fainting? how is it any different from just standing up from a laying down position?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

On a tilt table: your muscles are relaxed and do not compensate for the low blood presssure that happens when you stand up

Answered 7/9/2014

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