Circulatory Problems: How to get a grip on tiredness and dizziness

Stress and heat promote circulatory problems that can even lead to fainting.

The following measures provide a quick remedy.

• Hair dryer, pregnancy, heavy food: circulatory problems can have a wide variety of causes.

• Sufferers struggle with dizziness, sweating and even racing heart.

• If you have frequent circulatory problems, you should know the following measures.

Many women in particular know them too well: circulatory problems that can range from nausea and ringing in the ears to racing heart and turning black.

Weather phenomena such as the hair dryer, stress or getting up quickly can strain the circulation and trigger typical circulatory problems.

In a specific case, those affected should use first aid measures.

Circulatory problems due to weather changes?

These symptoms are typical

Various factors encourage people to develop circulatory problems *.

These include air pressure and temperature fluctuations, for example due to hair dryer, long standing, a long stay in a crowd, severe pain, psychological stress, pregnancy, heavy eating, eating or drinking too little, but also getting up quickly.

A temporary drop in blood pressure leads to typical symptoms, including

:

• malaise

• Dizziness*

• Sweats

• fatigue

• weakness 

• Racing heart

• tinnitus

• Turning black before your eyes

• Fainting

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The complaints arise because the blood supply to the brain drops sharply for a short time,

" quoted the Umschau pharmacy as quoting the cardiologist Professor Wolfgang von Scheidt, head of the 1st Medical Clinic at the Augsburg Clinic.

In most cases, circulatory problems are harmless, but if they occur frequently or if the person concerned has previous illnesses, a doctor should be consulted.

It is important to rule out causes such as anemia, thyroid or metabolic diseases or vein problems.

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Eating salt and cold: These measures alleviate circulatory problems

In the case of harmless complaints, the following measures are recommended to get the circulation going or to stabilize it:

• Lie down or sit down

  : This prevents a fall caused by a weakness

  attack

  .

  Lying down facilitates the return of blood to the heart, which has a stabilizing effect on the circulation.

• Eat salt

• If circulatory problems are due to too little eating and drinking:

  Eat or drink something

  .

• Drinking water

  : "You should drink half a liter of water in five to ten minutes. This way, blood pressure can be stabilized for about an hour," says von Scheidt.

• Cold

  : Simply put a cold washcloth on your neck to raise your blood pressure *.

• herbal remedies

  with camphor, hawthorn or menthol

• Abstaining from alcohol

• Wear compression stockings

In the video: This helps with circulatory problems

Sources

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www.apotheken-umschau.de

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www.apotheke-hambrocker-berg.de

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