According to MayoClinic.org, orthostatic hypotension can be diagnosed in multiple ways. To begin with, the physician who is diagnosing will begin with monitoring blood pressure. The blood pressure of the patient will be taken when they are resting(sitting), and then when they are standing. If there is a drop of 20 mm Hg in the systolic blood pressure or a decrease of 10 mm Hg in the diastolic blood pressure within two to five minutes of standing up, that is an indicator of orthostatic hypotension (MayoClinic.org). MayoClinic.org also states that another way that a physician could potentially diagnose orthostatic hypotension is by running blood tests to ensure that a patient does not have low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), or anemia. If a patient
