Until now, in medicine there is no consensus thatis hypotension a disease? Some believe that since hypotension (also called hypotension) has a whole complex of symptoms, it may well be defined as a separate disease, while others prefer to consider it a physiological feature of the body.
Today we will find out how arterial hypotension is manifested and what causes it, what the disease is and how it is treated.
Women from 30 to 40 years old, although sometimes younger (as a rule, these are people engaged in mental work), more often than men, are diagnosed with hypotension.
Causes of lower pressure sometimes lie infeatures of the organism's adaptation to new climatic conditions, in constant overloads (for example, in athletes), and in some cases hypotension may act as a manifestation of an allergic reaction.
And although, for example, against the background of hypertension, hypotensionIt seems to be a fairly innocuous disruption of the work of the vessels; nevertheless, it causes great inconvenience and interferes with normal life. In addition, hypotension can lead to serious violations in the work of other body systems. Therefore, the treatment of this disease should be carried out under the supervision of a cardiologist.
Some healthy peoplethere is a constant low level of pressure, which is generally considered physiological in medicine. As a rule, these persons differ only in that their venous vessels have a reduced tone. The total capacity of these vessels is larger in comparison with arteries, which means that some of the circulating blood in them can linger, due to which its return to the heart is late and thus reduces cardiac output.
Being mostly healthy, people with an addictionhypotensive reactions are less likely to tolerate heat than cold. Often, when you try to stand up sharply, they may darken in the eyes, but walking and muscle activity greatly improve their well-being.
The subjective symptoms of arterial hypotension,described by patients is lethargy, weakness, bad mood, irritability. The affected person may deteriorate the memory, disrupt the ability to concentrate. A person becomes absent-minded, emotionally unstable, irritated by loud speech and bright light. The main sign of a pressure disorder is headache and dizziness.
By the way, a headache can also be caused bylong loads, and abundant food, and weather changes. In women with hypotonia, a violation of the menstruation cycle is often observed, and besides, they are, as a rule, painful and weak, and in men, low pressure is accompanied by a decrease in potency.
Hypotension may be primary, that is, hereditary, or secondary - occur as a result of a number of diseases (anemia, peptic ulcer, cirrhosis of the liver, tuberculosis) or medication.
For example, intracranial hypotension is secondary and is caused by contusion or concussion of the brain, liquorrhea (outflow or decrease in the secretion of cerebrospinal fluid).
The patient feels lethargy, nausea,dizziness and general exhaustion. Fog appears before eyes, vomiting may occur. True, arterial hypotension is often characterized by all of these symptoms. Symptoms characteristic of intracranial pathology are increased parietal or temporal pain when trying to turn the head from side to side or tilt it.
If intracranial hypotension is causedliquorrhea, the risk factor increases, as an infection can get into the cranial cavity, and this can cause, in turn, meningitis or meningoencephalitis.
This phenomenon is due to several reasons:
Orthostatic hypotension is characterized by commonweakness, palpitations, the patient, as a rule, darkens in the eyes and dizzy. In addition, nausea, sweating and chills appear. All these signs are intensified as soon as the patient gets up. With the development of this pathology attempts to rise sharply can be accompanied by fainting.
Основные препараты при гипотензии – это общие caffeine stimulating medication. In addition, the patient is recommended to avoid exposure to high and low temperatures, increase the duration of sleep up to 10-12 hours and eat fully - at least 4 times a day.
При низком давлении хорошее воздействие оказывает massage and douche. Unlike hypertensive patients, hypotension patients are urged to increase the amount of salt consumed, since the sodium in its composition increases the volume of fluid in the body and increases blood pressure.
From folk remedies to improve the conditionIt is proposed to take ginseng tincture (up to 20 drops) twice a day before meals, lemongrass tincture (the same amount per tablespoon of water, half an hour before meals). Tinctures and decoctions of immortelle, lures and extract of leuzea have proven themselves well.
Гипотоникам полезно пить тонизирующие напитки - tea and coffee. True, it must be remembered that this is not about ten cups a day, but about a serving of strong, well brewed coffee in the morning - then it will bring not only pleasure, but also benefits.
Надо помнить при наличии такого диагноза, как hypotension, which is a disease in which you need to properly organize your sleep. Not only its duration is important, but also how and what you sleep on. Under no circumstances should the headboard be low. Mattress choose medium hardness. When you wake up, lie down for a bit, gently stretch, and only then rise. So you will avoid an attack of orthostatic hypotension, which we wrote about above.
And know that a person prone to downgradepressure, it is very useful to have hobbies and activities that create a positive attitude. The feeling that you are surrounded by loving and beloved people, a full sexual life, interesting work will help you cope not only with hypotension, but also with many cardiovascular diseases.
