Pain in the heart and low blood pressure often occur simultaneously. In such cases, the patient is diagnosed with dystonia, however, symptoms may evidence of serious disturbances occurring in the heart, and on the other, non these changes.
The health of patients may worsen in the spring and summer, as well as recovering from a cold. If hypotension pain behind the breastbone differ blunt character, often disturbed in the morning or after increased physical exertion. The attack can pass, then reappear.
Causes
Heart pain and low blood pressure may occur with organic damage and violations of a functional nature. Causes of organic failures, in which reduced blood pressure and heart aches:
- coronary artery disease;
- inflammation of the myocardium;
- violation of blood flow in the cavities of the heart;
- thyroid disease;
- bleeding (due to reduction of blood volume decreases blood pressure);
- violation hormone synthesis produced by the adrenal cortex;
- gastroesophageal reflux disease, and others.
In some patients, the pain can occur as a result of somatisation depression - find organic disorders in the diagnosis is not possible, even though people believe that they are.
There are risk factors that contribute to pain in the retrosternal region with hypotension:
- insomnia;
- stress;
- vitamin deficiency;
- weakened immunity;
- fatigue (mental or physical);
- pregnancy.
As a result, reduce vascular tone fails in the body, and periodically there is pain behind the breastbone. At the same time the heartbeat can be enhanced, not related to stress (physical or psychological).
What to take when such symptoms
To eliminate the pain required to eliminate the causes of the causes. If the survey found that the blood pressure is lowered, it is required to improve the quality of work and rest. It is necessary to follow some rules:
- spend more time in the fresh air;
- adhere to the recommended diet doctor (excluded from the diet of salty, spicy, fatty foods, limit the intake of sweets);
- normalize sleep (sleep 10-12 hours);
- to refuse from bad habits;
- be sure to eat breakfast;
- take a contrast shower;
- take vitamin complexes;
- engage in physical therapy.
When the pain in the heart and a low pressure doctor may prescribe medication intake, taking into account the symptoms, the patient's age and the testimony:
- Tonginala;
- seduksena;
- antidepressants;
- Caffeine (tablets).
Under physiological conditions in the case of low blood pressure can be taken as herbal tea, valerian tincture or Leonurus. Only a doctor will recommend what to take for pain in the heart and low pressure. It is important to keep under control hypotension pulse: its acceleration a negative impact on heart health.
At low pressure, accompanied by cardiac arrhythmia, helps reception motherwort, valokordin. You can not use coffee or alcohol-containing beverages. To restore the rhythm is recommended after a deep breath, hold your breath.
Nitroglycerin is often used for the relief of pain attack. Nitroglycerin with hypotonic pain behind the sternum reduces the load on the heart, but at the same time causes a rapid decrease in blood pressure.
