The phrase "vascular dystonia" is well known to most people. Fatigue, weakness, constant fatigue, dizziness, a feeling of lack of air … These symptoms, no, no, yes, and anyone who works a lot and has little rest.
Possible causes
Among the most common factors, doctors call various problems in the emotional sphere. Stress, neuroses, experiences, mental overload - all this leads to the fact that a person develops vascular dystonia. The reasons include hormonal disorders (for example, pregnant and lactating women, as well as adolescents during puberty, are susceptible to the disease). It should be noted that all these symptoms can occur against the background of other diseases. Problems with the thyroid gland, adrenal glands, internal organs occupy an honorable third place on the list. By the way, the patient may have a hereditary predisposition to dystonia.
Vegetative-vascular dystonia: symptoms, treatment
As you know, from the state of our nervous systemdepends on how almost all internal organs function. For example, it regulates blood pressure, respiratory rate, muscle function, body temperature. It is natural, therefore, that vascular dystonia leads to the fact that the coordinated work of organs is disrupted. Depending on which part of the nervous system suffers - sympathetic or parasympathetic - it is customary to distinguish, respectively, sympathetic and parasympathetic disorders. The first variety is indicated by symptoms such as low blood pressure, nausea, dizziness, and indigestion. The second group includes the following symptoms: high blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, dilated pupils, an unreasonable feeling of fear, anxiety.
Diagnosis
How to understand that you have vascular dystonia? The main danger lies in the fact that all of the above manifestations may relate to another, more severe disease. That is why, before making a diagnosis, the doctor is obliged to conduct a series of examinations and exclude the presence of all possible pathologies. This may require a blood test, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, cardiogram, ultrasound.
Pregnancy
Are vascular dystonia and pregnancy related? Whether it is possible to give birth in general with such diagnosis? These and similar questions are often asked in the gynecologist's office. Unfortunately, the prognosis is not very reassuring: VVD, accompanied by high blood pressure, can provoke anemia and placental insufficiency. Besidesfor mothers with this disease is characterized by too low weight. Dystonia, which develops according to the hypotonic type, is not so dangerous, but it is almost always accompanied by severe toxicosis.
Therapy, prevention
Vegetative-vascular dystonia requires constant medical monitoring. Otherwise, it can lead to some complications. Usually, doctors offer their patients several recommendations - someone will call them banal, but, admittedly, this does not make them any less effective. Spend more time outdoors, get enough sleep, try to avoid stressful situations, do not overwork, spend weekends with friends in nature, and not at home at the computer, eat right … Familiar? If you follow these tips, the unpleasant symptoms will disappear very soon.
