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Many people think that low blood pressure is not dangerous and often does not treat until the disease is advanced. Low blood pressure can also cause serious complications, such as a heart attack.
1. What is low blood pressure?
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of the vessels, the blood pressure readings are expressed in units of mmHg including:
Systolic pressure: The pressure of blood against the artery walls when the heart beats Diastolic pressure: The pressure blood pressure between 2 heartbeats Ideal blood pressure is less than 120/80. Low blood pressure is when the systolic blood pressure is <90 mmHg or the diastolic blood pressure is <60 mmHg. People with low blood pressure often show symptoms such as: Dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, fatigue,...
Low blood pressure controls the organs with anemia for a long time. If the brain is deprived of nourishment, the nerve cells are not nourished enough, leading to decreased nervous system function and memory impairment. In addition, low blood pressure is also the cause of dangerous complications such as heart attack.
Trắc nghiệm: Huyết áp của bạn có đang thực sự tốt?
Huyết áp cao hay thấp đều ảnh hưởng đến tình trạng sức khỏe con người. Để biết tình trạng huyết áp của bạn có thực sự tốt không, hãy làm bài trắc nghiệm sau đây để đánh giá.
Huyết áp thấp lâu ngày sẽ dẫn tới suy giảm chức năng hệ thần kinh
People who are prone to low blood pressure such as pregnant women, people with endocrine diseases such as diabetes, thyroid. Or due to certain drugs that cause low blood pressure such as drugs for high blood pressure or depression, Parkinson's disease, cardiac arrhythmias. Heat exhaustion or heat stroke causes low blood pressure.
2. Complications of low blood pressure
Many people often mistakenly believe that low blood pressure is not dangerous. However, the danger of low blood pressure is comparable to that of high blood pressure. Low blood pressure can cause some serious consequences such as:
Myocardial infarction Cerebrovascular accident Angina In severe cases, low blood pressure can cause shock and life-threatening.
Tụt huyết áp có thể gây nhồi máu cơ tim
3. Why does low blood pressure cause a heart attack?
Low blood pressure is a sign that the heart is not getting enough blood to the organs in the body. The blood vessels further away from the left heart, the smaller, the easier it is to lack oxygen. According to a statistic, the number of heart attack patients in women is almost equal to that of men, in half of heart attack patients it is caused by low blood pressure. Myocardial infarction reduces the contractility of the heart muscle.
Even more dangerous is that treating low blood pressure will be more difficult than treating high blood pressure. Treatment of blood pressure requires long-term maintenance of medication to improve the condition.
4. Prevention of low blood pressure
To prevent low blood pressure, patients need to have a reasonable diet, divide many meals and have protein-rich foods such as shrimp, crab, fish, meat, eggs,... Limit alcohol intake. , and alcoholic beverages,...
Hạn chế sử dụng đồ uống có cồn để phòng ngừa huyết áp thấp
In addition, people with low blood pressure should not stay up late, keep the body warm, avoid sudden position changes and moderate gentle exercise.
In short, low blood pressure also causes dangerous complications like high blood pressure. Especially low blood pressure can cause heart attack that no one expected. People with low blood pressure need to monitor their blood pressure regularly, when they see abnormal signs, they should immediately go to a medical facility for examination and timely intervention.
Vinmec International General Hospital with a system of modern facilities, medical equipment and a team of experts and doctors with many years of experience in neurological examination and treatment, patients can completely peace of mind for examination and treatment at the Hospital.
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