You might have heard at one point in time that certain pupils fell down after standing still for a long time at the assembly ground while at their schools. Perhaps you wondered how that could happen. Well, it's simple. This could be attributed to a "fall in blood pressure."
Standing for long periods can cause symptoms such as dizziness, fainting, nausea and vomiting. This happens because of a miscommunication between the brain and heart. In medical science, this is known "neurally mediated hypotension."
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