The main characteristics of the health status, measured at the primary examination of the doctor, is blood pressure and heart rate. Usually they are directly proportional, but there are also different situations. In practice, bradycardia occurs and, at the same time, low blood pressure is observed - high pulse is also often accompanied by fever and headache.
Why is low blood pressure and high pulse?
First of all, such a condition arises from bleeding, including internal bleeding. Because of the loss of biological fluid, the heart begins to contract faster to fill the ventricles, but the amount of blood is not enough to create a normal pressure in the lumen of the vessels.
Other causes of low blood pressure and high heart rate:
- inflammatory processes in internal organs, especially in the digestive system;
- dehydration of the organism of various etiologies and due to nausea, diarrhea, vomiting;
- physical exhaustion;
- excessive loads;
- heatstroke;
- weakened muscles of the heart;
- embolism (a severed thrombus);
- pericarditis or inflammation of the cardiac sac;
- a slow heartbeat syndrome;
- taking medicines with corresponding side effects;
- functional pathology of the endocrine system, failure of the thyroid gland;
- vegetative-vascular dystonia;
- tachycardia;
- anemia;
- respiratory insufficiency;
- intoxication of the body.
In addition, low blood pressure and high heart rate simultaneously provoke pregnancy. The fact is that in future mothers the concentration of the hormone progesterone is much greater, and this substance controls the tone of the blood vessels. In combination with an increase in the amount of circulating biological fluid, pregnancy is often accompanied by the problem in question.
It is worth noting that if the temperature is raised at low pressure and high pulse, the cause is the inflammatory process. It is important to diagnose the disease in time, as this syndrome usually indicates acute pancreatitis or relapse of ulcerative lesions of the stomach and intestines. Also the symptom signals about pericarditis, which is fraught with a heart attack and even death.
Treatment of low blood pressure and high heart rate
To begin therapy it is necessary only after finding-out of exact factors provoking a problem. Treatment involves a change in lifestyle:
- rejection of bad habits;
- normalization of sleep;
- correction of nutrition (sparing diet);
- increasing the time spent in the open air;
- avoid stress and emotional tension;
- compliance with the recommended amount of fluid drunk per day.
Sometimes the above measures are enough to normalize the indicators, especially if the cause is pregnancy, vegetative-vascular dystonia or overexertion.
In other cases, an individual approach is required.
In the presence of inflammation in the body requires intensive antibiotic therapy, which will allow to stop pathogenic processes and stop the reproduction of bacteria.
If the pressure is lower and the heart rate is higher than normal due to heart disease, it is important to visit a cardiologist to develop
Endocrine diseases require careful regulation of the hormonal balance and improving the activity of the thyroid gland.
It should be remembered that it is not recommended to take medicines on your own, as the described problem is rather difficult to solve even with the use of modern medicines. As a rule, means for increasing blood pressure increase the pulse rate, which can lead to irreversible complications. Safe natural medicines are tincture of motherwort , valerian and Valocordin.