It's no secret that many people suffer from pressure problems. Moreover, it is equally bad and increased and lowered.
Hypotension is low blood pressure. It is a consequence of the disruption of the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for regulating the interaction of other body systems. In addition, hypotension may be due to impaired heart function, the use of certain medications, drugs, as well as a decrease in blood levels in the body. Most often, low blood pressure occurs in young women and adolescents.
A completely different condition is hypertension. It, as a rule, arises without the participation of any other diseases, i.e. is primary. This disease is caused by a violation in the water-salt metabolism and in the activity of the heart and blood vessels. And only 10% of patients with hypertension receive this disease as a consequence of violations of the endocrine system and kidneys. High blood pressure is becoming a problem for people over the age of 30.
How to determine if you have pressure problems
If you often feel drowsiness, lethargy, get tired quickly, your working capacity is reduced and your head hurts often, it is worth thinking about checking the pressure. You are very likely to be hypotensive. In addition, people suffering from low blood pressure are very sensitive to the weather and they have seizures when it changes. A more obvious manifestation of hypotension is an unexpected and severe weakness with darkening in the eyes when moving from horizontal to vertical.
As a rule, low pressure causes only unpleasant sensations and a constant desire to lie down. However, there are severe cases when people lose consciousness due to the fact that the low vascular tone does not allow the brain to receive enough nutrition. With mild manifestations of hypotension, drugs for pressure, as a rule, are not prescribed.
If low blood pressure is felt almost immediately, then hypertension is almost not felt, even when the pressure is high. If the pressure increased gradually, a person may not be aware that he is hypertonic. And only if there is a sharp jump in pressure, a person will feel pain in the back of the head, throbbing, buzzing in the ears and frustration of movements.
Treatment
Nowadays, pills for low and high pressure can be found in every pharmacy, and in considerable quantities. But before you buy any of them, listen to the advice: a doctor must prescribe drugs for pressure, even if they are dispensed without a prescription in a pharmacy! Hypotension, as well as hypertension, can be caused by various reasons, which the doctor draws attention to when prescribing the medicine. The age of the patient and the degree of increase / decrease in pressure are also important. The use of drugs for pressure can not only not help you, but even harm: a sharp decrease in pressure in hypertension threatens no less sad consequences than its sharp increase.
Even given the rapid development of pharmacology, there is no medicine that would be suitable for the treatment of hypertension for absolutely everyone. In addition, only drugs for high blood pressure such as diuretics and beta-blockers are really time-tested.
As a rule, doctors recommend in case of pressure increase to have in the home medicine cabinet such drugs for pressure as dibazole, no-spa, papaverine, as well as what the attending physician recommended. If someone in the family has a tendency to lower blood pressure, it is better to stock up with ammonia, vinegar (it can be used instead of ammonia to remove from a swoon), and also have on hand pressure medications containing caffeine or cordiamine.
In addition, there are folk remedies for pressure. For example, to reduce pressure, it is recommended to use tinctures of hawthorn, rosehip, stevia, valerian root, as well as other mixtures of herbs. In addition, the regimen of the day, a healthy lifestyle, and quitting smoking and drinking are of great importance for treating pressure.