In official medicine, low pressure is said if its values are less than 100/60 mm Hg. Thus it is necessary to take into account that there is a so-called physiological hypotension, when sufficiently low pressures are normal for a person, and he feels well, and raising to a conditional norm causes a deterioration in well-being.
Common signs of low pressure
True hypotension is a pathological condition in which the pressure values fall below the normal values. As a result of a decrease in vascular tone, blood circulation slows down, which leads to a deterioration in the supply of oxygen to organs and systems. As a result, with low blood pressure, there are pronounced signs of a decline in strength:
- fast fatiguability;
- lethargy;
- feeling tired even after sleeping;
- distraction and loss of attention;
- shortness of breath even with minor loads.
Of the other signs of low pressure, most often occur:
- pulsating headaches in the temporal and occipital region, often observed after sleep;
- dizziness, especially with a sharp change in body position;
- numbness and a feeling of coldness in the limbs (hands and feet can freeze even at a sufficiently high temperature of the external environment);
- increased heart rate, sometimes pain behind the sternum;
- deterioration of health at weather changes;
- emotional instability, increased irritability.
At a very low pressure, fainting and a drop in body temperature are added to these symptoms.
Often, at low pressure, which persists for a long time, the patients have signs of a disorder in the reproductive system: menstrual cycle disorders in women, decreased potency in men.
Causes and treatment of low pressure
The main causes of hypotension include:
- prolonged stress or mental overexertion;
- physical overstrain;
- work in adverse conditions (high humidity, ambient temperature, unventilated room);
- disorders of the adrenal and thyroid gland;
- diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular system.
In the first three cases, if low pressure is provoked by overexertion or external factors, there are no other signs and symptoms. If low pressure is provoked by the disease, then specific symptoms specific to the disruption of the work of certain organs and systems can be added to the basic symptoms.