How do you die from low blood pressure?

How do you die from low blood pressure?
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Lots of things can make your blood pressure drop. One I know about is septic shock. Your blood pressure plummets (I’m not sure exactly why) and there’s risk of organs shutting down. My conjecture as to why a drop in blood pressure harms your organs is that without enough blood pressure, blood can’t be pumped successfully and probably organs die of oxygen deprivation. I’m sure there are other jellies more knowledgable than me on this who can give you more info.
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