How to get a lower blood pressure using medical treatment
The treatment for lowering the blood pressure is usually
recommend by physicians for patients with a blood pressure of
above 160/95mmHg. For those with a blood pressure immediately
bellow these values it is taking into account age, sex or other
individual factors of the patients before taking the treatment.
The first kind of treatment recommended by all the doctors will
be a change in the your lifestyle.
First important change will be stop smoking, second is the
moderation of drinking, the consume of alcohol increase the
blood pressure. Another good point in lowering blood pressure is
the correct alimentation like choosing food low in salts and
sodium, consuming a lot of seaweeds, they will dissolve the
'fatty build-ups' from the blood vessels. The final tip
regarding natural way to lower blood pressure will be working
out; you need to make light exercises like walking, swimming,
running for about 30 minutes per day.
But this is not always showing results. And then will begin a
medical treatment to lower the blood pressure.
First drugs prescribed are diuretics and beta-blockers, these
two represents the medical treatment for lowering blood pressure
excluding complicating problem like heart disease. Diuretics are
increasing the elimination of salt and water from the organism,
lowering the blood and also lowering the blood pressure. As for
the beta-blockers, they are reducing the amount of blood that
the heart is pomping.
The also-called second line treatment is used only the previous
one is ineffective or the patient suffers of other medical
problems. There is a list of drugs that is used in severe
medical treatment for lowering blood pressure:
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is stopping the
production of a hormone which increases blood pressure called
ansiotensin.
Calcium-channel blockers are lowering blood pressure by relaxing
the vessels so the blood will flows more easily trough them.
Vasodilators are relaxing the muscles of peripheral arteries,
reducing the resistance to the blood flow, and therefor are
lowering the blood pressure.
The last type of drugs, the most powerfully of them, are
centrally acting drugs. These kind of drugs are blocking the
transmission between the nerve impulses and the autonomic
nervous system, system that controls involuntary actions of
heart and blood vessels.