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  Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH) is a specific form of orthostatic hypotension characterized by impaired regulation of standing blood pressure due to autonomic dysfunction. Patients with nOH assume an upright position and commonly experience dizziness, visual disturbances, presyncope, and syncope symptoms. However, many patients present with more subtle complaints, including tiredness, impaired cognitive function, weakness, fatigue, leg buckling, visual blurring, and difficulty breathing upon standing. These symptoms tend to worsen in hot weather or during fever, after heavy meals, during prolonged standing, and early in the morning. Various factors influence orthostatic hypotension. Cross-sectional analysis indicates that age, drug effects, orthostatic stress in neurological disorders (particularly Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy, and autonomic neuropathies), as well as dehydration, deconditioning, and poor nutrition, contribute ...