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Why does the blood pressure drop during a heavy bleeding episode?
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Why does the blood pressure drop during a heavy bleeding episode?

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You are losing Blood so therefore there’s not as much in your body so there’s not as much pressure because of the whole therefore the blood is pushing out in the hole so the blood pressure goes down
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Because the volume of fluid in your bloodstream is less your body can't adjust to position changes as well so your blood pressure drops
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