3 best suggestions for high blood pressure causing dizziness

 

Dizziness is one of the symptoms of high blood pressure

Hypertension is a common metabolic chronic disease, which, together with hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, has become a hidden killer that endangers human health, especially in the middle-aged and elderly.

On the one hand, because of the age of the body functions are declining, the viscosity of the blood is also higher, on the other hand, it is mostly because of unhealthy diet and their bad habits dragged out, high blood pressure is not in place, it is likely to cause a series of complications, and that will be more harmful to the body.

The main symptom of hypertension patients is relatively high blood pressure, but other symptoms also vary from person to person, some people have high blood pressure and no dizziness and headache, while others will cause dizziness, at least it is certain that high blood pressure is caused by dizziness, may be a danger signal, so there is high blood pressure dizziness, what should be done?

The causes of high blood pressure dizziness.

Common causes are: 

Abnormal fluctuations in blood pressure caused by the insufficient blood supply to the brain, once the brain is not enough blood supply are prone to dizziness, increased tension in the walls of blood vessels, blood pressure flow rate resistance increased, brain cells lack oxygen, will cause dizziness, if not found promptly, may aggravate the condition, or in serious cases may also affect life safety.

Three suggestions to deal with high blood pressure dizziness

First, insist on taking antihypertensive drugs.

According to their actual condition to take short-acting or long-acting antihypertensive drugs, some patients also adhere to take drugs for a long time, found that their blood pressure is no big fluctuations, in a relatively stable state, so they will privately stop taking drugs or reduce the dose, which is not a desirable practice.

When your blood pressure tends to stabilize and your condition is better controlled, you should ask your doctor if you can stop taking your medication and change it, and if your doctor allows you to do so, it is best not to stop taking your medication privately, because once your blood pressure rises, you may not be able to detect and control it in time.

Second, in addition to taking drugs, life intervention is also necessary.

This is no more than to do these aspects.

One is to adjust the diet, diet to follow the principle of low salt and low fat, often eat some vegetables and fruits rich in dietary fiber, like that fried barbecue, large fish and meat, hot pot, tobacco, and alcohol food to control the mouth, may often eat some apples, hawthorn, red dates, soy products, mushroom food, or can effectively assist in lowering blood pressure;

Secondly, we should adhere to exercise to control weight and speed up metabolism to prevent various complications induced by obesity.

Finally, emotions should not be big ups and downs, big sadness and happiness

Many times the sudden rise in blood pressure may not be the problem of diet and drugs, if the patient's emotions have relatively large fluctuations, emotional ups, and downs, they are often very sad and happy, the spirit will be nervous, the nerves will also be strongly stimulated, which will cause a sudden rise in blood pressure, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain, will be dizzy, so learn to regulate emotions, the right attitude, which is to stabilize blood pressure Help.

Some of the misconceptions about lowering blood pressure, we should also pay attention to

Some of the misconceptions about lowering blood pressure, we should also pay attention to

Gullible some blood pressure supplements - To prevent hypertension, many elderly people may also be well-intentioned, will buy some health care products to eat, health care and nutrition products to promote the role will be exaggerated a lot, such as can quickly lower blood pressure.

Health care products may not only fail to lower blood pressure, but also may prompt blood pressure to rise, or do not easily believe that as long as you take health care products to have the effect of lowering blood pressure.

High blood pressure must take antihypertensive drugs - high blood pressure must take antihypertensive drugs is not right, resulting in high blood pressure, there are many factors, the different age range of hypertension is also different, cure with or without taking antihypertensive drugs, it is recommended to first go to the hospital to check to see the status of blood pressure, in the knowledge of the doctor to choose to take drugs or other treatment It is advisable to go to the hospital first to have a checkup, see the condition of blood pressure, and choose to take medication or other treatments with the doctor's knowledge.

In summary, dizziness caused by high blood pressure, if not timely relief, is likely to cause more serious consequences, and to deal with high blood pressure dizziness, the doctor gave the above three recommendations, regardless of whether there will be dizziness in patients with high blood pressure, try to do, your blood pressure or can slowly come down.

3 main causes of high blood pressure

1. What is the exact principle of the increase in blood pressure caused by salt?

• The main component of salt is sodium chloride. Sodium and chloride ions are found in the extracellular fluid. Potassium ions are normally found in the intracellular fluid acting to maintain homeostasis. With an increase in sodium and chloride ions, the extracellular fluid increases due to changes in osmotic pressure, the resulting water, and sodium retention, the increase in intercellular fluid and blood volume, along with an increase in return blood volume, ventricular filling volume, and output, and an increase in blood pressure. 
• In the extracellular fluid sodium ions increase, the concentration gradient of sodium ions inside and outside the cell increases, so that the intracellular sodium ions increase, and the intracellular sodium ions increase, which leads to cell swelling, and the smooth muscle cells of small artery wall swelling, on the one hand, can narrow the lumen and increase the peripheral resistance; on the other hand, the small artery wall reacts to the blood constricting substances (such as epinephrine, norepinephrine, angiotensin) increase, leading to Small arteries spasm, and then the resistance of small arteries throughout the body increases, prompting an increase in blood pressure.

Salt restriction is beneficial, both from the perspective of treatment and prevention of hypertension patients.

Data on the relationship between salt and hypertension worldwide show that salt intake and sodium urinary excretion (an indirect response to sodium intake) are positively correlated with hypertension, that is, the higher the salt intake, the higher the blood pressure level. For patients with hypertension, salt restriction can be helpful. It has been proven that in the early stages of hypertension or mild hypertension, salt restriction alone can bring blood pressure back to normal. In severe hypertension, restricting salt intake not only improves the efficacy of other antihypertensive drugs but also leads to a reduction in the dose of antihypertensive drugs, which can greatly reduce the side effects of antihypertensive drugs and drug costs.

People only need 0.5 grams of sodium chloride per day to meet their physiological needs, but in fact, the daily salt intake of people in daily life is more than 10 grams. According to the data, the average blood pressure level of the population is related to salt, and the incidence of hypertension is high in areas with high per capita salt intake. Areas with low per capita salt intake have a low relative incidence of hypertension. It should be noted that only 1/3 of patients with hypertension experienced a decrease in blood pressure after strict salt restriction, indicating that there are two types of hypertensive patients, salt-susceptible and non-salt-susceptible and that the increase in blood pressure due to excessive salt intake is mainly reflected in salt-susceptible individuals.

2. There is an indirect relationship between hypertension and weight. 

It can be said that weight affects the incidence of hypertension. The excess fat in the body of people with high body weight is large, and the distribution of a large amount of fat in the vascular parts of the body and heart parts gives rise to local vascular compression or compression, which can easily make the blood circulation abnormal and cause abnormal blood pressure.

Overweight, obesity is one of the important causes of hypertension.

The incidence of hypertension in obese people, significantly higher than in lean people, and the degree of obesity of a person is proportional to the incidence of hypertension, it can be said that half of the people who have more than moderate obesity will get hypertension, and obese people have a greater chance of suffering from hypertension compared to their normal-weight peers, the impact of obesity on hypertension, is through increased blood volume load, the insulin resistance, changes in peripheral resistance vessels, the renin-angiotensin system in the body, changes in atrial natriuretic hormones, and differences in steroid hormones, all of which play an important role in the development and exacerbation of hypertension. Obese people have thicker subcutaneous fat, which will make the capillaries expand greatly and increase blood volume, and the blood circulation volume also increases relatively, thus increasing the blood volume load, and the heartbeat out volume increases greatly under the normal heart rate, and the heart and blood vessels are overburdened for a long time, which will induce the left heart hypertrophy and lead to the increase of blood pressure.

Weight and hypertension show a clear relationship

Excessive weight gain indicates that the patient's fat content is relatively high, this population is easy to lead to primary hypertension, and like men's waist circumference > 90cm, women's waist circumference > 85cm, is also related to obesity hypertension. For people with hypertension, if their weight is excessively high, they must actively control their weight. Generally speaking, the body mass index is recommended to be below "24kg/m2", which is the minimum standard and does not meet the standard of overweight. Patients should also actively control their weight, generally by limiting dietary intake and exercising appropriately, and they must keep their blood pressure within a good range before exercising.

3. Long-term alcohol consumption is prone to cause hypertension.

Alcohol has a vasodilating effect. Many people say that drinking alcohol relaxes the mind, and many people's emotions are soothed after drinking alcohol, in which case it will make our blood pressure lower to some extent. What is the reason for this? Is it possible that drinking alcohol can lower blood pressure? It is not true.At the beginning of drinking alcohol, the arteries of the whole body expand and the blood volume relatively decreases, and at this time, the blood pressure is often measured to below. Although the heart rate increases and cardiac output increases, the resulting increase in blood pressure is not enough to offset the vasodilating effect. However, the vasodilating effect of alcohol is not long-lasting, and thereafter, blood pressure gradually returns to its previous state. The use of alcohol in this way to lower blood pressure is unreliable, and drinking alcohol can only briefly relieve our inner emotions.

The dangers of alcohol abuse are even greater, such as somatic symptoms and psychiatric symptoms. Alcohol abuse by patients can lead to various diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, gout, etc. It affects the health of the patient, especially the damage to the patient's body, which may further aggravate the patient's somatic diseases.

In addition, long-term heavy alcohol abuse can also lead to psychiatric problems, especially after alcoholism, such as agitation, temper, tremors, thirst for alcohol, and other symptoms of dependence, in addition, after withdrawal often appear physical discomfort, such as tremors, sweating, or hallucinations, delusions and other content, therefore, in clinical alcoholism is very large social problems, psychological problems.

Studies have shown that one glass a day is good for the heart and also raises the level of a type of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in the body called benign cholesterol, but this beneficial protective effect immediately disappears once you drink more than two glasses of alcohol. So make sure you control it and don't get greedy.

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