Nowadays, total hypertension is looked upon by people with low blood pressure as strange, especially if they complain about their peculiarity. However, some arterial hypotension gives inconvenience in life. In general, it is clear from the term that we are talking about blood pressure. Lowered. This is the difference from most people for whom the problem is hypertension.
What is blood pressure? It is proportional to the force with which the heart throws blood into the vessels. It is necessarily present at least at a minimum level in a living organism, along with breathing and a heartbeat. Arterial hypotension, what is it? So called low blood pressure: less than 100/60 (minimum for young people), or 105/65 (acceptable for those over 30 years old).
In practice, doctors distinguish between normal and pathological hypertension. Although sometimes it is not easy to distinguish one from the other. Some people have low blood pressure all the time and feel good, as a rule, their profession is physical labor. Also, athletes often often have very low pressure at rest, which is combined with low heart rate. What is normal for them, since this is a form of adaptation of the body to stress. Usually, athletes do not complain about well-being.
This state happens primary and secondary. Moreover, they distinguish both acute and chronic. The latter is often called neurocirculatory dystonia.
Typically, primary hypotension is associated with disorders of the autonomic nervous system, abnormal functioning of the vasomotor centers in the brain. This increases the influence of the parasympathetic part of the ANS. The heart increases the amount of blood pushed out at a time, but this does not save the situation. The total volume of blood in the vessels is usually normal, but sometimes we see an increased number of red blood cells against a normal plasma volume. The cause of the primary disease is a constant psychoemotional stress, sometimes the disease will appear after a psychological trauma. Often we encounter this condition as a symptom of a neurosis.
Symptoms with which the patient comes to the doctor can vary greatly. Complaints of weakness, abnormal sensitivity to touch, reduced performance, fatigue in the morning, and fatigue are presented.
It happens that they complain of shortness of breath during a very light load or even a lack of air at rest. Also on swelling of the hands and feet. Arterial hypotension is very diverse! After all, there are still with her a violation of libido in men and menstruation in women, pain in the stomach. The mood is lowered, sleep worsens, it is easy to get a person crazy.
What is the difference between arterial hypotension and angina pectoris? The pain at the first appears at the level of the apex of the heart, nitroglycerin does not help, it lasts for hours, often if on the eve a person experienced too much stress. It’s a paradox, but light physical activity can remove the negative manifestations of hypotension.
Secondary hypotension is a symptom of other diseases, and therefore we restrict ourselves to a discussion of primary.
What to do if arterial hypotension is detected? Treatment includes accurate adherence to the daily routine. This means 8 hours of night sleep, no less. Gymnastics in the morning and at work, tonic water procedures. If the cause is neurosis, then the symptoms will not go away without the help of a therapist. They recommend optimizing the workflow and resting on time, rather than waiting for an exacerbation. Still need to eat at least every 4 hours, and the food should be nutritious. Arterial hypotension is often defeated simply by lifestyle changes.
Of the drugs used eleutrococcus in combination with valerian. Both can be bought without a prescription. Arterial hypotension will recede if you do not lower your hands. As you can see, usually no serious medicine is needed.