A healthy heart and blood vessels are the key to good blood circulation. From their condition depends on the supply of organs and tissues with nutrients and oxygen. Insufficient blood circulation negatively affects general health and health, which can lead to the development of various, including severe, pathologies.
It is natural that with age, the vessels wear out, lose elasticity, cholesterol is gradually deposited on their walls. Stress is aggravated by the situation, constant overwork, bad habits (alcohol, smoking), harmful food. As a result, the state of health worsens and there is a risk of developing heart attacks, strokes, varicose veins, thromboses.
Physicians are advised to take care of the condition of blood vessels from a young age, but this is especially true for people after 40 years. It is important to know how to strengthen the vessels for prevention, as well as in case of existing problems, in order to avoid complications and disease progression. Doctors recommend an integrated approach that includes lifestyle changes and a revision of gastronomic habits. You may need medications that can be combined with folk remedies.
Large vessels, veins, and arteries consist of three layers of cells: connective, smooth muscle tissue, endothelium. Capillaries can have a single layer of cells. Vascular diseases affect all structures. In smooth muscle, the contractility disappears, the tone is disturbed. The defeat of elastin and collagen in connective tissue makes resistance to stretching and compression impossible. Endothelium undergoes oxidative stress in the oxidation of cholesterol and the release of oxygen radicals.
Signs of problems with blood vessels
If the following symptoms appear, then there is a violation of blood circulation and there is an occasion to consult a doctor for examination:
- Frequent dizziness and headaches;
- Noise in ears;
- With sharp ups and turns of the head darkens in the eyes;
- Meteosensitivity;
- Poor tolerance of hot weather;
- Cold fingers on the legs and hands;
- Rocking in transport;
- Pressure jumps;
- Heaviness in the legs in the evenings;
- Numbness of limbs;
- Heart palpitations rapid and shortness of breath at low loads;
- Drowsiness, fatigue;
- Short syncope.
Vascular weakness can be observed in various body systems:
- In the brain – leads to cerebral infarction, hemorrhagic strokes.
- In the nose – frequent bleeding.
- In the eyes – often burst the capillaries and bruises on the eyeball are formed.
- In the legs – varicose veins, thrombophlebitis.
- On the face – couperose, or vascular reticulum.
Healthy foods
To keep the blood vessels healthy, you need to eat healthy foods: cereals, vegetables, fruits, olive oil, beans, greens
Animal fats should be replaced with vegetable unrefined oils, for example, olive oil.
Give preference to fish and seafood, if possible replace them with meat.
Refuse from sausages, smoked products, fatty sorts of cheese.
Use as little flour and confectionery as possible.
Instead of sweets include in the diet candied fruits, dried fruits, honey natural.
To strengthen the walls of the vessels will help dishes from cereals: buckwheat, corn, rice, oatmeal.
On the table should be fruits and vegetables without restrictions.
Beneficial effect on blood vessels and deduce cholesterol grapefruit, for the prevention of berries black Aronia and currants (red and black).
To prevent cholesterol deposits and fragility of blood vessels, it is necessary to eat aubergines, cucumbers, garlic, onions.
Strengthen blood vessels and reduce cholesterol legumes: peas, lentils, and others.
Try not to drink coffee and tea – a maximum of two cups a day.
It is useful to drink berry and fruit broths, especially a decoction of rose hips.
Lifestyle
To strengthen the cardiovascular system and the whole body, you need to lead a healthy lifestyle, which, in addition to balanced nutrition, includes physical activity, the correct mode of work and rest, various health procedures.
Do not give in to stress.
Avoiding them is hardly possible, but learning peace and strengthening the power of the spirit is quite realistic. With modern workload at work, it is important to fully recover. For this purpose, it is necessary to allocate enough time for sleep, to walk in the fresh air (at least on the way to work and work), visit theaters, museums, concerts, exhibitions, go out of town, enroll in a dance studio or art school and so on.
Do not give in to stress.
Avoiding them is hardly possible, but learning peace and strengthening the power of the spirit is quite realistic. With modern workload at work, it is important to fully recover. For this purpose, it is necessary to allocate enough time for sleep, to walk in the fresh air (at least on the way to work and work), visit theaters, museums, concerts, exhibitions, go out of town, enroll in a dance studio or art school and so on.
Do sports.
It should be remembered that vessels like dynamics and statics harm them. In addition, nothing so doesn’t help to resist stress and various diseases, like motor activity. It can be swimming in the pool, outdoor games (football, tennis, badminton), jogging and biking in the summer, skis, and skates in winter and much more, depending on abilities and preferences. Today there are good conditions for fitness, but if you do not have time to visit the hall, you can do exercises at home. The main thing is to do this regularly, at least 4 times a week, and remember that the load should be moderate.
Massage.
Massage stimulates blood circulation. During the massage, the blood circulates faster and flows to the skin.
Cold and hot shower.
Strengthens the vascular walls and increases their tone, not to mention that provides cheerfulness and a good mood for the whole day. Water procedures at the end of the working day will remove fatigue and negativity.
Medications
Vascular diseases in our time are very common, so numerous medications have been developed for internal and external use. Preparations to strengthen blood vessels increase their permeability and elasticity, reduce fragility, reduce cholesterol.
These are tablets, gels, drops. They all act differently, their choice depends on the disease, its stage, the diameter and location of the vessels, and also whether it’s veins or arteries. In any case, the doctor should appoint a doctor after the examination and find out the diagnosis.
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