POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC SIDE EFFECTS HYPERTENSION AND AYURVEDA
What is Hypertension?
Hypertension is nothing but it’s just another term that is used for high blood pressure. Now, what s high blood pressure? Any blood pressure that is higher than normal is known as high blood pressure. They’re nothing to be worried about if it slightly changes upward or downward because blood pressure doesn’t remain the same. It changes throughout the day and it all depends on the individual person that what all activities he or she is doing.
Blood Pressure or hypertension is the pressure of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Whenever the heart beats, it pushes blood into the arteries.
There are two types of blood pressure and it depends on the heartbeat along with the flow of blood.
- Systolic Pressure – When the heart is beating and pumping the blood, the blood pressure is its highest peak at that time and this is known as Systolic Pressure.
- Diastolic Pressure – Whenever the heart is beating in between that break of every heartbeat blood pressure automatically lowers down that is known as Diastolic Pressure.
Blood pressure is measured in two numbers, one is systolic blood pressure and another one is diastolic pressure. For example, the normal blood pressure is 120/80. In this 120 is systolic and 80 is diastolic blood pressure. The first number is always systolic blood pressure that measures the pressure of blood in your arteries when your heart beats and the second number is always diastolic blood pressure that measures the pressure when the heart is at resting mode and this occurs in between heartbeats.
If we talk about hypertension that is high blood pressure then it is not a rare issue it is one of the most common health issues that is found in almost every fourth or fifth person. High blood pressure can cause serious health issues which can even lead to death but not always because it can be controlled or taken care of by taking proper medication and control over eating habits and some other precautions.
High blood pressure can affect your blood vessels, brain, heart, kidneys and the most fearful thing is it can also increase the changes of heart disorder and stroke. High blood pressure can also hurt the arteries and that can decrease the flow of blood which means the heart has to work strongly to pump sufficient blood. Because of this, the heart can get weak.
COVID-19 AND HYPERTENSION
It is proved in various studies and research that people with high blood pressure are at high risk of having the covid-19 infection. Not only covid-19 infection but having high blood pressure even increases the chances of death due to covid-19.
The reason behind this is that having any health issue will weaken your immune system and weak immune system, obviously cannot fight against the covid virus. The main reason why the coronavirus is deadly for high blood pressure patients is that the heart is affected by high blood pressure and the coronavirus also directly damages the heart.
Apart from this, there is also one more serious issue that, if someone who is already suffering from heart disease if get infected by any respiratory illness like any flu, asthma or coronavirus.
CAUSES
- Obesity – If someone is overweight then that person’s heart has to work hard to pump blood through the body and this puts strain on arteries and because of this arteries resist the flow of blood which causes blood pressure.
- Lack of physical activity – It is a commonly known thing that lack of physical activity causes many health issues. Hypertension is highly related to cardiovascular disease. Physical activity reduces blood pressure that’s why less activity and less fit people have a higher risk of having high blood pressure.
- More salt in the diet – When you eat too much salt which contains sodium, then your body needs more water to wash that off and it can increase the blood pressure.
- Smoking – Smoking can increase blood pressure immediately by 6% the reason behind this is the nicotine that is present in cigarettes, this increases the blood pressure and heart rate which is very dangerous for the health.
- Alcohol – Continuous use of alcohol develops a sustained rise in blood pressure which is harmful to health in many ways.
- Mental Stress – Whenever a person is under stress his or her body will produce a surge of hormones and these hormones increase the blood pressure not permanently but temporarily.
- Older Age – As people grow old their vascular system also changes, like arteries get stiffer and because of this blood pressure goes up.
- Genetics – There is not only one health problem but various health problems that occur due to genes. Angiotensinogen is the gene that is responsible for hypertension which may transfer from generation to generation.
- Chronic Kidney Disease – This is one of the most common reasons behind hypertension. The kidney plays a vital role to maintain the BP inaccurate range that 120/80 but obviously if the kidney is not working properly then it increases blood pressure.
- Thyroid Disorders – There are two situations, one is in which the thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormone and the other one is just opposite in that thyroid gland produce too much thyroid hormone and in both the cases there are high chances of increasing blood pressure.
Symptoms
Headache – It is not yet proved by all research that headache is the symptom of high blood pressure but many researchers believe that high blood pressure causes headache which automatically makes it a symptom of High blood pressure.
Nose Bleeding – Some various signs and symptoms indicate that any particular person is suffering from high blood pressure but nose bleeding is not a powerful sign of that because in most cases high blood pressure does not cause nose bleeding.
Fatigue – Hypertension causes many health issues and is not good for heart and kidney patients. Apart from that feeling of being tired is also one of the common things that occur due to high blood pressure.
Vision Problem – There are very tiny and delicate blood vessels which supply blood to our eyes but having high blood pressure issue can damage those tiny and delicate blood vessels and because of that, there can be a problem in the retina that can lead to blur vision.
Chest Pain – When blood pressure increases to a certain level and this decreases the elasticity of the arteries and damages them which results in the decreased flow of blood and this causes chest pain.
Breathes Shortness – High blood pressure makes a lot whole of changes in the body but all of them are dangerous for the body. Vessels carry blood between the heart and lungs when high blood pressure is in those vessels person faces the issue of breathing shortness.
Irregular heartbeat – A person suffering from diabetes is at high risk of heart disease and serious health issues. Irregular heartbeats are quite dangerous for the health and it can be due to various reasons and high blood pressure is one of them.
Blood spots in eyes – High blood pressure damage the blood vessels which supply blood to the eyes and those vessels are very tiny and delicate that’s why when blood pressure rise, there are chances of blood spots in the eyes.
AYURVEDA
Ayurveda explains blood pressure in its own term and according to Ayurveda it is explained as rakt gat vatta, rakt vriddhi, rakt vikshepa and this all is due to causative factors like stress. It all started from vyan vayu. First of all vyan vayu is dushit then dushit vyan vayu increased pumping and this leads to irregular rhythm and rise in blood pressure. After that pressure on the arterial wall raises and then after some time workload is increased and this all results in hypertension that is also known as high blood pressure.
The second factor that occurs in this process is that this also affects Agni and that affected Agni produces ama which results in increased blood pressure and then the same process repeated as mention above which causes hypertension.
Ayurvedic Treatment
1. Ashwagandha – This is one of the best herbs that are known to keep your heart healthy and also give strength to the muscles of the heart. It is an adaptogenic herb that helps to lower blood pressure.
2. Amalaki – It has antioxidants and anti-stress properties and these are also helpful for fighting against high blood pressure because having tension and stress is also one of the reasons that increase blood pressure.
3. Sarpagandha – This herb is widely known for its properties which are used for the treatment and managing hypertension and high blood.
4. Arjuna – This herb is not only good for high blood pressure but also beneficial for heart problems and helps to keep the heart healthy.
5. GARLIC – It lowers blood pressure, good for heart problems. It is also used in various meals and not only for blood pressure but also for high diabetes patients garlic is very beneficial.
6. BALA – Helps in the treatment of heart problems and high blood pressure.
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