Even those who have firsthand knowledge of the state of hypotension, the causes and treatment of this disease can be a novelty. We used to be wary of only increased blood pressure, arterial hypotension is almost a blessing. In fact, this deviation from the norm is no less dangerous! Fortunately, it is quite possible to influence it both physicians and patients.
Causes of hypotension
The causes of arterial hypotension directly depend on the general state of human health and its way of life. If it is a chronic state of low blood pressure, it is very likely that the case is in a hereditary predisposition. According to statistics, if one of the parents developed hypotension, with a probability of 90% the child will also have a tendency to decrease the pressure. And in this case, the disease can be considered a state of physiological norm - unpleasant symptoms will be extremely rare. There are other causes of hypotension:
- a decrease in the tone of blood vessels;
- lack of nutrition;
- low motor activity;
- Depressed psychoemotional state, depression, apathy;
- lack of sleep and rest;
- stress;
- smoking and alcoholism;
- decrease in blood volume as a result of injuries, burns, internal diseases;
- pregnancy;
- decreased thyroid and adrenal function;
- trauma of the spinal cord and brain;
- intracranial hypertension .
In a situation where a person has hypertension and hypotension has occurred, the reasons can be hidden in the long-term use of medications that regulate the pressure, or a sharp decrease in the pace of life, motor and mental activity. Nevertheless, much more often there is a reverse effect - with age, hypotension gradually turns into hypertension. This is the result of the natural aging of the body.
How to treat hypotension at home?
How to treat hypotension, depends on the causes of the disease. As a rule, it is sufficient to identify and eliminate the primary source of pressure reduction, as the tone of the blood vessels returns to normal. This is especially true of cases of symptomatic hypotension, which has developed as a manifestation of a particular disease.
If you have chronic low blood pressure, you can improve your health at home by doing the following:
- Try to increase the time of night sleep. At the same time in the room where you sleep you must be completely dark - only in such conditions the body and brain can recover. Normal sleep duration for hypotension is 8-12 hours.
- Be sure to do morning exercises. Moderate physical activity and so-called therapeutic exercise accelerate blood circulation and increase the tone of blood vessels. The more you move, the healthier you become. At the same time, it is important to remember that strength exercises and exercises with weighting in the early stages of people with low pressure should not be used.
- Go for a healthy diet. A balanced diet and refusal from fast food have a positive effect not only on the level of pressure, but also on overall well-being. It is proved that a good mood and pleasant emotions bring the pressure back to normal in a natural way.
- Eat drinks that are rich in caffeine, in moderate quantities - green tea and coffee. Norm - 1-2 small cups a day.
- The root of ginseng, magnolia vine and other plants that increase the tone of blood vessels can be used in small courses, alternating with multivitamin preparations.
Compliance with these rules is enough to feel much better. It is also important for hypotensive patients to avoid overheating and stuffiness, not to ride in public transport while standing, so as not to faint . It is much more useful for health and pressure to walk a couple of stops on foot!