Currently, vegetovascular dystonia no longer seems something rare and unusual, since many people of different sex and age suffer from it. Depending on the symptoms, the manifestations are distinguished by hypertension and hypotension. A distinctive feature of the first option is an increase in blood pressure, along with other unpleasant sensations. It will be discussed.
The abbreviation VVD stands for vegetovascular dystonia, the essence of which is a violation of the parasympathetic and sympathetic departments of the autonomic nervous system, designed to control the work of all internal organs. These problems are expressed in the failure of various processes of the body: the process of heat transfer, contraction of the heart muscle, blood circulation, digestion and others. For example, in a healthy person, the heart rate will increase only with great physical exertion or an emotion of fear, in a person diagnosed with VVD, a tachycardia attack can begin out of the blue. Another example: sweating is a healthy process that the body needs to cool during severe overheating. A person suffering from this diagnosis can sweat a lot, even at low air and body temperatures.
VVD is found in people of different ages and sex, but most often it affects women under 30 years old and men after 40. Blood pressure during hypertension-type VVD can increase sharply several times a day, remaining normal for the rest of the time. And if you do not treat this disease, then there is a high probability of becoming chronic hypertension in the future.
The general set of symptoms, compiled from the complaints of sufferers, is approximately the same picture, with the exception of some points. In some, the manifestation of VVD is characterized by a slight increase in blood pressure, which is not noticeable for them and does not affect the general well-being. Others, feeling another leap, complain of poor health and loss of performance.
In addition to periodic pressure surges, the IRR of the hypertonic type is characterized by the following features:
- sudden and unreasonable increase in blood pressure;
- acute episodic attacks of fear - panic attacks, accompanied by a wild fear of death;
- tachycardia;
- increased sweating;
- lump and dry throat;
- shortness of breath
- dizziness;
- insomnia;
- tinnitus and impaired vision, "flies" in the eyes;
- gastrointestinal upset;
- poor tolerance of very high and too low temperatures;
- suspiciousness, irritability, tearfulness, frequent change of mood;
- impaired appetite;
- weakness in the body, "cotton legs";
- fast fatiguability;
- tremor of limbs or trembling throughout the body, impaired coordination.
The pressure during the IRR can rise very sharply to 200 mm RT. pillar and higher. But, as a rule, such jumps are not long and blood pressure quickly returns to normal. This happens because the adrenal glands release a large dose of adrenaline into the blood, as if a person was in a situation of danger, when you need to run or fight with the enemy.