Blood pressure consists of two indicators: systolic (upper) and diastolic (lower). These indicators can increase both in aggregate and separately, depending on the reasons provoking their rise.
Diastolic (lower) pressure occurs in the process of resistance of the vascular walls at the time of the greatest relaxation of the heart muscle. This is the minimum blood pressure in the arteries.
An increase in diastolic pressure can have various causes. It can rise after suffering stress or nervous exhaustion, be the result of overwork of the whole organism as a whole or cardioneurosis.
But the fact is not excluded that an increase in diastolic pressure signals about some serious malfunctions in the body caused by various diseases.
If fluid retention is observed in your body, then the vascular wall swells, its lumen is greatly narrowed and, as a result, the lower pressure rises. In this case, it is necessary to strive to remove excess fluid from the body, take diuretics as prescribed by a doctor, undersalt food, etc.
Kidney problems that lead to fluid retention in the body can also cause high diastolic blood pressure. Therefore, it is necessary to treat chronic diseases that affect blood pressure readings.
Malfunctions of the central nervous system can lead to an increase in diastolic pressure. Due to numerous stresses, adrenaline can be produced in excess, so the doctor sometimes prescribes drugs belonging to the group of adrenergic blockers: such as Metroprolol, Verapamil, Atenolol, etc. They reduce diastolic pressure, relieve such often accompanying symptoms as tachycardia and arrhythmia.
Heart disease such as ischemia, angina pectoris, heart attack, various inflammatory processes in the heart muscle can also lead to an increase in diastolic pressure. In such cases, complex therapy is required under the supervision of a physician.
If you are overweight, do not monitor your diet, smoke or consume a lot of alcohol, your heart is probably simply not able to cope with such a load and, as a result, you have an increase in lower blood pressure.
If the problem bothers you for a long time and constantly, moreover, is accompanied by pain in the heart, reconsider your lifestyle, undergo the necessary medical research, strengthen your health by quitting smoking, alcohol and other bad habits.
