High blood pressure in our century is widespread among the adult population. Mostly suffer from hypertension of a woman after 50 years, but men often fall ill too. In some cases, the disease can occur in very young people.
How to recognize hypertension?
The main signs of the disease in the initial stage are:
- weakness, high fatigue;
- headaches and dizziness;
- flushes of blood to the head;
- redness on the face;
- frequent pulse;
- "Flies" before the eyes;
- sleep disorder.
When measuring pressure on the scale of the tonometer, high indices (more than 140 units) are displayed, sometimes the figures characterizing the upper pressure exceed the mark of 200. If the inflow of venous blood to the heart is disturbed, the upper pressure remains normal, and the lower cardiac pressure is increased.
Absence of therapy leads to such conditions as:
- kidney failure;
- heart failure;
- disturbance of cerebral circulation.
In severe cases, it is possible to develop a heart attack, stroke and, as a result, a fatal outcome.
Consider the main causes of high blood pressure and methods of treating this condition, including folk remedies.
Causes of hypertension
No one doubts that high pressure most often torments residents of large cities. Yes, civilization does not have the best effect on the state of the vessels. Predisposing factors include:
- sedentary lifestyle;
- overweight;
- malnutrition, mainly excessive consumption of salt and fatty foods;
- bad habits (smoking, alcohol);
- prolonged and severe stress.
You can not discount the hereditary factor: if one of the parents suffered from high blood pressure, the probability of developing hypertension in their children increases at times.
High low pressure is noted with endocrine pathologies and kidney diseases.
Therapy of hypertension
Specialists, choosing methods of treatment of high blood pressure and high pulse, proceed from the cause of the disease. First of all, patients are recommended to reconsider their way of life, abandoning bad habits, organizing proper nutrition, avoiding stressful situations, providing sufficient physical activity.
Therapy of hypertension is most often carried out throughout the life of the patient. The attending physician selects the medication individually. Depending on the cause of high pressure is treated with tablets belonging to the groups:
- ACE inhibitors (Captopril, Enararyl);
- drugs-blockers of the calcium channel (Nifedipine, Verapamil);
- beta-blockers (propanol);
- antagonists of angiotensin-2 (Valsartan, Lozap);
- vasodilators - vasodilators (Vasonitis, Vincanor, Hyperstat, etc.).
In addition, diuretics may be prescribed, for example:
- Indapamide;
- Furosemide;
- Xipamid;
- Torasemide;
- Amyloride.
From folk remedies for the treatment of high blood pressure apply:
- water infusion of red clover ;
- tincture of a golden mustache on alcohol or vodka;
- lemon-garlic-honey mixture;
- freshly squeezed beetroot juice with honey;
- chopped black chokeberry.
Rapidly lowering the high blood pressure is possible by putting on the neck, the back of the neck, shoulders and calves of the legs mustard.
The recipe for a remedy for hypertension, which many call a miraculous
Ingredients:
- Raunatin - 1 tablet;
- alcoholic tincture of calendula - 20 drops;
- green tea.
Preparation
Brew a cup of Chinese green tea, let it brew, add 20 drops of marigold tincture.
Application
To drink a tablet of Raunatinum, to wash down with the cooled down green tea with the diluted tincture of calendula.