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Heart pressure: causes and symptoms
An important diagnostic indicator in the clinical practice of a doctor - arterial tone - is reflected in two numbers: heart pressure (systolic), renal pressure (diastolic). The upper figure in the measured pressure is more informative, which reflects the degree of blood pressure on the vessels when it is pushed out by the heart at the time of systolic contraction.
The main factors of hypertension
The reasons for high blood pressure add up to a rather extensive list:
- The heart plays an important role in the formation of pressure, especially in the left ventricle. It ejects blood into the aorta, and when its contractility decreases, vascular tone steadily increases. Cardiac output falls when damage to both the right and left ventricles is caused by infection, atherosclerosis, or ischemic processes. The load on the heart also increases in case of malfunctions in the venous supply of the organ. High heart pressure is formed from increased venous blood return, which overstretches the myocardium. This gives rise to the causes of reduced cardiac output, which means that hypertension is also formed.
The first minor symptoms of general malaise, sleepiness are replaced by excruciating headaches, dizziness, and the most dangerous catastrophes of the vascular system. Just ten extra millimeters to systolic pressure increases the likelihood of heart attacks and cerebral hemorrhage by several times, which is why dangerously persistent high blood pressure. Arterial hypertension may be due not only to the pathology of the vascular or cardiac system. The causes of high blood pressure cause diseases of the internal organs that indirectly affect the pressure.
- Any infectious disease of the kidneys steadily increases heart pressure. The renal vessels narrowed by inflammation give a signal to the excretory organs about a narrowed vascular tone, which is not observed throughout the body. In this case, the kidneys release renin, which increases the pressure, although it is also at the optimal level. Chronic kidney disease causes stable maintenance of the tone of the vascular system. Elimination or compensation of the underlying kidney disease reduces blood pressure without antihypertensive therapy.
Additional factors
Pressure rises in response to stress, emotional experiences, physical activity.
Often, vascular tone is formed due to somatic damage to the left or right ventricle, the heart as a whole, or other organs:
- Diseases of the endocrine glands also form high blood pressure. Increased activity of the thyroid gland, adrenal glands, parts of the pituitary gland and hypothalamus increase metabolism, which is accompanied by hypertonicity of the peripheral channel.
- Overweight and obesity are not the most important, but common causes of hypertension. Each acquired kilogram of fat mass requires its own vascular system, which creates an additional load on the myocardium, the contractile functionality of which is not unlimited.
- Cardiac blood pressure is programmed to increase if the patient's next of kin had hypertension. The defeat of the vascular system has a hereditary burden and can be manifested by the polyetiological occurrence of pathologies of the right and left ventricles, early atherosclerotic process, and weakness of the vascular wall.
Folk antihypertensive therapy
Only a doctor should be involved in drawing up a treatment plan for a disease with high blood pressure. It is in his competence to correlate the symptoms of pathology, damage to target organs, the functionality of the right and left ventricles. The prescribed therapy should be strictly adhered to, but none of the patients is immune from hypertensive crises that occur as a complication of the disease. Doctors usually provide for such conditions: so that high blood pressure does not take by surprise, the patient is advised to carry some drugs with him.
Increased heart pressure can be brought down by some folk methods:
- Symptoms of a hypertensive crisis go away under the influence of warm foot baths. You can also lower your hands into non-hot water, which will also relieve the load from the right and left ventricles.
- Exacerbated hypertension with its manifestations goes away when mustard plasters are applied to the back of the head or upper shoulder girdle.
- The auricles have projections of all internal organs on their surface, so their massage can eliminate the causes of high pressure. The earlobe can be pulled up and down, rubbing the area of the right and left ear with palms.
Even the most effective drug therapy does not always have the desired result. Therefore, the defeat of the vascular system by high pressure can be somewhat delayed by preventive measures in the form of lifestyle changes.
A healthy lifestyle involves giving up smoking and alcoholic beverages. It is also important to dose the amount of sleep and wakefulness in the daily regimen so that the whole body has the opportunity to fully relax. Naturally, with the right lifestyle, the symptoms of hypertension will not go away, but it is he who will help compensate for the disease and live for a long time, despite it.
