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When i'm standing up my hr is highter than when sitting down but my blood pressure is the same if not lower? what's wrong?
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When you: Stand your body must adjust to try to keep blood flow to your organs steady when gravity would cause all the blood to flow down, those numbers are part of this process and normal
Answered 7/11/2014
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