Elevated pressure is familiar to every person, someone is ill himself, someone has relatives or acquaintances. Every second adult sooner or later faces a similar problem. But lowered is a rare phenomenon and is more common among young people and a small number of elderly people. A similar diagnosis, hypotension, is put at a pressure below normal by 10-20 mm Hg. That is, blood pressure of 100 to 60 , often found in adolescents and young people, is already hypotension. But in some cases, this is the norm, in some it is a dangerous symptom of serious health problems.
Symptoms
People with such a diagnosis rarely measure pressure and usually learn to lower it by unpleasant symptoms: regular weakness, sudden dizziness, constant drowsiness, sudden trembling of limbs, headache, darkening in the eyes, etc. Such patients feel bad in stuffy and cramped rooms, in the hot season, so summer and public transport are not the most pleasant for them.
Types and causes
Hypotension can manifest itself acutely (a sharp drop in pressure as a result of problems with the work of the heart or with the incorrect intake of a certain class of drugs) or proceed chronically (constant and without sharp changes). This happens with myocardial infarction, various problems with the work of the SS, with a large dosage of drugs that reduce pressure after surgery or after a large loss of blood. In such cases, there will be a pressure of 100 to 60 or lower.
Hypotension is primary, it can be either a hereditary phenomenon (that is, low pressure is a normal condition) or a side effect of a lifestyle (often found in athletes for whom physical overload is normal) or secondary (it is not a disease, but a formidable symptom of pathological processes in the body) . For example, for adolescents and older youths, a pressure of 100 to 60 is the norm, the result of an incompletely formed SS and endocrine systems. Such pressure can persist throughout life. In these cases, there is no need for treatment, it is only important to further stimulate the body.
Treatment
If a person first learned that his pressure is lower than that of everyone else, and even more so if his pulse is also lowered, he needs to find out how normal this condition is for him, and if there is a more dangerous root cause of such a condition.
To do this, it is worth visiting the hospital and conducting research. A visit will be much more effective if, before coming to the doctor, an observation is carried out, measuring pressure at home during the day (3-4 times) for a week or more. Thus, it will become clear how often the patient has a pressure of 100 to 60, whether it is lower or higher, in what cases and after what activity. Further, the doctor should find out the patient’s gender and type of activity, his lifestyle, nutrition, eliminate problems with the work of internal organs (CCC research, the level of thyroid hormones, adrenal glands, etc.) and only then, based on all the obtained data, prescribe treatment.
If it turns out that such indicators are the norm for a given person, for example, a pressure of 100 to 65, he is assigned an annual blood pressure control and lifestyle adjustment. It is necessary to be active, play sports, nutrition should be balanced and complete, more fresh air, normal working conditions, appropriate rest stresses.
If the cause of such indicators of blood pressure is internal problems, naturally without the help of a cardiologist, neurologist and endocrinologist can not do. It is necessary to put in order the heart, blood vessels, hormonal indicators, kidney function.
But, if, after normal indicators, the pressure sharply became 100 to 60 and lower , the person begins to lose consciousness, his health quickly deteriorates, there is no time to think, time is running for minutes, an ambulance must be called urgently to save his life. A drop below 80/50 or a sharp decrease in the upper or lower pressure is more than 5-10 mm Hg. very dangerous, since the blood supply to vital organs is deteriorating, the brain can be especially affected.
In any case, one cannot do without normalization and improvement of lifestyle. The doctor will prescribe vitamin complexes, physiotherapy (acupuncture, stimulating procedures). Most likely, stimulant drugs will be prescribed - tincture of ginseng, eleutherococcus, decoctions of herbs that increase blood pressure.