Low blood pressure - symptom VSD?

VSD (vegetative-vascular dystonia) is one of the most common diseases to date, and it still remains the least understandable for both patients and doctors. When a neurologist makes such a diagnosis, the patient has a feeling of mistrust: what if the doctor missed something? Such a reaction is understandable: the overwhelming majority of people are sure that the main symptom of VSD is hypotension. Alas, this is not so. Poor blood circulation can be a consequence of many other diseases. There is VSD on a mixed type. Symptoms of this disease are somewhat different, however, the difference is insignificant. An expert can understand these subtleties, your job is to reach him.

The causes of the emergence of IRR

For a start, you should understand what vegeto-vascular dystonia is. In fact, this is a pathology, consisting in the disruption of compensatory activity of the autonomic nervous system (VNS). VNS is located in the spinal cord and brain, it regulates the activity of all organs, glands of internal and external secretion, lymphatic and blood vessels, ensures the adaptability of the organism to changes in the environment when the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous system is disturbed.

What is the main symptom of VSD?

There is no single answer to this question. There are several types of this ailment, based on the localization of symptoms: respiratory, cerebral, cardiological, gastroenterological, vegetative-visceral, with a violation of thermoregulation. For this reason, it is very, very difficult to say which symptom of the VSD is decisive. They can be permanent - neuromuscular, vascular, cognitive, neuroendocrine, psychic, and paroxysmal. The latter are divided into VSD by hypotonic, hypertonic and mixed type.

VSD and osteochondrosis: the symptoms are the same, but the reasons?

Osteochondrosis, in fact, is one of the factors provoking vegetative-vascular dystonia. Roughly speaking, this is a peculiar symptom of the VSD, although the development of the latter is not necessary. Osteochondrosis can arise due to flat feet, obesity, injuries, improper working positions of the body, soft mattresses and pillows, unspoken emotions and stresses, endocrine and hormonal disorders, hypodynamia, etc. But the main reason for this ailment is uprightness, so it can develop any age. With osteochondrosis, deformation of the vertebrae is observed, which irritates the end of the nerves, which leads to muscle spasm and disturbances in the balance of the work of the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems. Prevention of this disease is a warning to the VSD, this should be remembered.

Treatment of IRR

First of all, it is necessary to change the way of life: to regulate the mode of work and rest, to do sports - not professional, but with sufficient level of exercise, to accustom yourself to sleep for eight hours and eat right, you can diversify your life with a contrast shower. The next step should be the implementation of the doctor's recommendations: he may prescribe medicinal and preventive-sanatorium treatment. Remember that the VSD is in many respects the consequence of the wrong way of life, changing it, you can improve your condition or even prevent the disease.