Low pressure or Hypotension || Dr. Abida Sultana

What is Low Blood Pressure?

Low blood pressure is also known as Hypotension.

Usually Systolic blood pressure is 90 mmHg and Diastolic blood pressure below 60mmHg, it is called Low Blood Pressure. If the pressure drops too much, blood cannot flow properly to the brain, kidneys and heart. The result is illness. So, if the pressure is low, it is important to take some basic steps at home.

Causes of low blood pressure

* Dehydration due to any reason.

* Diarrhoea or excessive vomiting.

* Not eating food properly or on time.

* Malabsorption or poor digestion.

* Suffering from any long-term illness.

* Hormonal imbalance in the body.

Low blood pressure can occur due to physical injury or accidental bleeding and malnutrition. Pregnant women may experience low blood pressure during the first six months of pregnancy due to hormonal effects.

Symptoms

1. Dizziness

2. Fainting

3. Darkness in the eyes or blurred vision,

4. Dizziness or imbalance when standing up suddenly from sitting or lying down,

5. Physical weakness and mental exhaustion

6. Not being able to focus on anything

7. Frequent shortness of breath or cold hands and feet

8. Feeling very thirsty

9. Abnormally fast heart rate

10. If the pulse rate increases, you should understand that you have low blood pressure.

What to do if low pressure or low blood pressure?

● If the blood pressure drops immediately, give saline, salt and salt-mixed food and eggs.

● Foods high in salt can quickly raise blood pressure. So if you have high blood pressure, doctors say to avoid raw salt. Similarly, if the blood pressure is low, it is recommended to eat salty foods. For this you can keep olives, cheese, any sea fish in the diet. You can use table salt or sea salt as per your preference.Apart from this, a glass of water mixed with salt can quickly bring low pressure back to normal.

● Consuming caffeinated foods such as tea and coffee is not at all harmful to health! Unless sweetened or milk is added. Drinking black coffee or tea increases the heart rate faster. Temporarily increases blood pressure. But its effect lasts for a short period of time. In addition, there is no guarantee that caffeine will increase blood pressure in all cases. If the pressure drops suddenly and you feel sick; Then you can drink tea or coffee for temporary relief.

● Water must be drunk to save life. However, it is mandatory to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day to keep the body hydrated. Along with this, liquid drinks, which will act as water supplements, should be consumed. Blood volume decreases when the body becomes dehydrated. As a result, blood pressure decreases. So you can overcome the problem of low pressure by drinking enough water.