What to do with low pressure?

Arterial hypotension or hypotension is a condition accompanied by steadily lowered (less than 100/60 mm Hg) blood pressure indicators (BP).

Earlier it was believed that, unlike the opposite state - hypertension - lowered blood pressure is not dangerous to health. Today, doctors unanimously recognize hypotension as a dangerous pathology and are urged to fight it.

Causes of low blood pressure

Low blood pressure is caused by a weak tone of the vascular system, which leads to a slowing of blood circulation. Thus, internal organs receive insufficient nutrition with oxygen. Especially detrimental, this affects the work of the brain.

The causes of low blood pressure may be as follows:

• congenital peculiarity of the vegetative system;
• heart failure;
• vegetative vascular dystonia by hypotonic type;
• exacerbation of stomach ulcers;
• an attack of pancreatitis ;
• bleeding;
• depression.

Also, blood pressure is reduced after a sauna, hot bath, various wraps, taking medications. Among the latter it is worth noting beta-adrenoblockers, nitroglycerin, baralgin, spazgan, spasmalgon, antibiotics in large doses, tincture of motherwort, valocardin.

Signs of low blood pressure

As a rule, hypotension complain of poor health, fatigue, drowsiness, but there are no visible reasons for this.

Objective symptoms that characterize low blood pressure:

• Tonometer values ​​less than 100/60 mm Hg. p.
• body temperature in the range of 35.8 - 36 ° C;
• pallor;
• sweating of the palms.

With such minor deviations in the vital signs from the norm, a person feels completely broken.

Subjective signs of hypotension:

• drowsiness;
• low working capacity;
• meteorological dependence;
• violation of the menstrual cycle (and in men - potency);
• inclination to motion sickness;
• violation of thermoregulation;
• fainting;
• darkening in the eyes.

At low pressure, a person becomes dizzy when he suddenly rises. In the morning, hypotension takes several hours to finally "wake up", they do not feel well on cloudy days and off-season, they hardly tolerate standing in lines and transport, they often yawn, they are scattered.

What should I take at low pressure?

Rapidly raise blood pressure will help the following drugs:

1. Ascorbicum (0.5 g) and green tea extract (2 tablets).
2. Aralia Manchurian (15 drops) and pantocrine (30 drops).
3. Tincture of Rhodiola rosea and Leuzea (25 drops).
4. Grape juice (1 glass) and tincture of ginseng (30 drops).
5. Tincture of Chinese magnolia vine (1 spoonful), cordiamine (25 drops) and glycine (1 tablet under the tongue).

Medicamental treatment of low blood pressure is the reception of stimulant drugs containing caffeine, citric or succinic acid - they are prescribed by the doctor, visits to which should be regular if you have hypotension.

Prevention of hypotension

Hypotoxics are extremely necessary to lead an active lifestyle. It is useful to adhere to the regime of the day, do morning exercises, competently alternate rest and work. Working with a non-standard or shift schedule is a real torture for people with chronically lowered blood pressure. In this case, the natural adaptogens mentioned above will in part help, but hypotensive workers should choose work with a convenient schedule.

In the mornings, hypotensive patients should not rise abruptly off the bed - about 10 minutes need to lie down, performing respiratory gymnastics (on inhalation the stomach protrudes, and on exhalation - it is drawn into itself).

With lowered blood pressure you need to eat more often and gradually. Useful for hypotonic products with proteins, vitamins C and B, especially - B3 (liver, carrots, yeast, egg yolk, milk, etc.).