LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
Frederick Erdman in his book The Treatment of Low Blood Pressure states,"There are two kinds of high and two kinds of low blood pressure. If the arteries relax too much, at first the blood pressure falls, but if the heart is strong enough it may sooner or later begin to work harder and the extra heart action may push the blood pressure up very high. This, however, is a deceptive indication because the arteries are still relaxed."
Even though you appear to have hypertension, you may still have hypotension because the arteries are still relaxed and not performing properly. Even though you appear to have hypertension, you may still have hypotension because the arteries are still relaxed and not performing properly.
If your health concern is high blood pressure, hypertension, then you will find helpful information at hypertension. The treatment for high blood pressure is not the same as for low blood pressure.
These hypotension patients may be injured by any of the methods of treatment generally used for hypertension (high blood pressure). In regular hypertension the arteries are overactive and require heat and massage to calm them down, not cold.
Following is a list of dangerous treatments for people with hypotension:
If the blood vessels of the body as a whole are too much relaxed, injury may result from:
 Sun
lamps
Diathermy
Massage
Manipulation
Sedatives
Vasodilating drugs
Hot
water bottle
Electric pad on the stomach or spine
The
"rest cure" - blood pressure has been
observed to drop considerably below normal after just
a five-minute nap!
Low
altitude - the relaxing effect of sea level will add
to the low tension and undermine the strength. Cool
breezes and swimming may help to counteract the
effect of the low altitude.
Any
types of warm enemas and colonic irrigations
Clothing
that is too warm - may in a few minutes
"relax" the abdominal vessels and cause
many nervous symptoms, even fainting or nausea
Strenuous exercise - may overstrain the already
depleted cells
Low
blood pressure produces the worst possible
circulation of blood and therefore the poorest
nutrition of the brain. As a result, any degree
of nervous or mental distress or disease may result.
In some cases a patient may be prostrated by the
effort to read a few lines or to concentrate for a
few minutes. Many "relaxed" people, as their strength
failed, have been accused of laziness or lack of will
power, whereas their most desperate efforts have
produced only increased prostration.
Anything that shocks the system/arterial nerves
"relaxes" arterial tone and lowers blood
pressure, such as, surgery, traumatic news, plunge in
a very cold lake, overwork and resultant over
fatigue, many strong foods and medications
Diets
may fail to raise the blood pressure simply because
the rate of the flow of the blood may be so low that
insufficient nutrition reaches the tissues
The above gives you a brief outline of what hypotension or low blood pressure is and what some of the main treatments are that you need to avoid. The next page will will provide you with a list of the major symptoms connected with hypotension and a few more important quotations in this regard.
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