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Which disorders can cause postprandial hypotension in and cardiac type pain? cardiologist believes may be disorder of autonomic nervous system
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Light meals: I think he is right. Try to eat light meals, lay down after your meals. Talk to your neurologist. Postprandial hypotension is not as common in young individuals, but in your case may have to do with your benign intracranial hypertension or pseudotumor cerebri.
Answered 8/17/2014
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