Low blood disease or hypotension (hypotension) is a condition where a person's blood pressure drops below normal rate, which reached a low value of 90/60 mmHg. Has been described in previous articles (high blood diseases) that the normal value of a person's blood pressure with height, weight, activity level and health in general normal is 120/80 mmHg.
However, some people may have a value of blood pressure (tension) ranges from 110/90 mmHg or even 100/80 mmHg but they do not / have not or rarely reveal few complaints means, so that it is perceived in ordinary daily activities. If the condition continues, supported by several factors that allow triggering a significant decrease in blood pressure such as sweat and urinate a lot but less drinking, lack of sleep or lack of rest (tired with excessive activity) as well as excessive menstrual bleeding (abnormal), the blood pressure will reach a low threshold (hypotension) 90/60 mmHg.
Symptom
Someone who is experiencing low blood pressure generally will complain of circumstances often dizziness, frequent yawning, vision sometimes felt less obvious (the firefly) especially after a long sit and walk, cold sweat, feel tired not powered, even experienced recurrent fainting. In the general examination beats / palpable pulse is weak, the patient looked pale, this is due to the maximum blood supply to tissues throughout the body.
Cause
There are several factors that cause why the decrease in blood pressure, it can be categorized as follows:
- Lack of blood pumping from the heart. The more blood pumped from the heart every minute of his (cardiac output, cardiac output), the higher the blood pressure. Someone who has a disorder / heart disease resulting in abnormal heart rhythm, damage to or dysfunction of the heart muscle, heart valve disease, the impact on the reduction in pumping blood (cardiac output) to all organs of the body.
- Volume (number) of blood is reduced. This can be caused by severe bleeding (torn wound, excessive menstrual / abnormal), diarrhea that is not quickly resolved, excessive sweating, urination or excessive urination.
- The capacity of the blood vessels. Dilation of blood vessels (dilation) causes decreased blood pressure, it is usually as a result of septic shock, exposure by heat, diarrhea, drugs vasodilators (nitrates, calcium inhibitors, ACE inhibitors).
Handling
There are several things that can be done to improve the condition of low blood pressure (hypotension), including:
- Drinking water in considerable amounts of 8 to 10 glasses per day, occasionally drink coffee in order to spur increased heartbeat so that the blood pressure will rise.
- Consuming foods that contain adequate levels of salt
- Regular exercise such as walking in the morning for 30 minutes, at least 3 times a week can help reduce the onset of symptoms.
- In women are encouraged to wear elastic stockings.
- Provision of medicines (increase of blood) is only done if symptoms of hypotension that felt really disrupt daily activities, other than that doctors will only provide vitamins (suport / placebo) as well as some suggestions that can be done for patients.
Regarding the image that most people think that by eating meat goat for patients with hypotension may increase the blood pressure is actually not clear, however justified if it will increase the content of Haemoglobin (Hb) in the blood. Once again it must be understood that lower blood pressure means the blood supply was not optimal to all parts of the body. Haemoglobin (Hb) is low means that the content of Hb as the oxygen binding agent in the blood has low levels with the result that the patient can pallor (anemia), dizziness (oxygen is transported / lack of blood supply to the brain), feel tired and so on.
In the case of hypotension that is really required the administration of drugs, usually there are several types of commonly used drugs such as fludrocortisone, midodrine, pyridostigmine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), caffeine, and erythropoietin.
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