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Hi Gingergrrl - Cardiotoxic hypotension: when a (drug) causes a steady and precipitous drop in blood pressure. It can be deadly if severe enough and not treated. My first one followed some outpatient surgery. As I was checking out I started feeling faint and then unsteady and like I was starting to black out. I was offered a dark place to lie down until I felt better, but offered no further help. No doctor I reported it to afterward ever told me what it was.
In my case, I keep having weird reactions to things that at the first treatment or dose seems neutral or even helpful but by the 2nd or 3rd treatment, I have horrible side effects and in the case of IV saline, had to get rushed to the ER for flash pulmonary edema. It is almost as if after 1-2 tries of something of something, my body finds a way to reject it and this week it started to happen with certain foods.
But I am not sure if any of this relates to mast cell disorders or another process is going on? I've never had a rash, hives, or the skin symptoms that seem to be part of this diagnosis.