Treatment of headaches with vegeto-vascular dystonia

A common symptom for vegetovascular dystonia is headaches. Symptom reduces performance and negatively affects the quality of life. Headaches become the main reason for going to the doctor. Vegeto-vascular dystonia( VSD) is a disease that occurs against the background of a disturbance in the regulation of the autonomic nervous system. The causes are hereditary factors, concomitant diseases of the nervous system, constitutional features of a person, the presence of chronic foci of infection, constant stress and fatigue.

Types of VSD and headache

The following types of VSD are considered:

1. Cardial type is manifested by complaints from the heart, blood pressure changes, arrhythmia, increased sweating. At the same time there is no organic damage to the cardiovascular system.
2. Hypertonic type. This type of VSD is characterized by headaches amid elevated blood pressure above 140/90 mmHg, palpitations, dizziness and frequent hypertensive crises.
3. Hypotonic type is characterized by hypotension, expressed by general weakness, increased sweating, a constant sense of anxiety, lack of any desires and periodic headache.
4. Mixed type - the appearance of different symptoms that are typical for all types. In this case, there is no regularity.

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Concomitant symptoms with

headache is a common complaint with which a patient consults. Pain can be of a permanent nature, adversely affect the working capacity and livelihoods of a person. In addition, the patient is concerned about other symptoms that indicate abnormalities in the functioning of organs and systems:

1. Blood pressure changes: increase in blood pressure above 140 \ 90 mm Hg. Or decrease below 110 \ 70 mm Hg. The fluctuations in blood pressure lead to a change in the tone of the vessels, which negatively affects the patient's well-being. With high blood pressure, a hypertensive crisis develops, which is expressed by a severe headache in the parietal region, dizziness, flies before the eyes, palpitations, a feeling of lack of air and anxiety. When hypotension develops vagoinsulyarny crisis, which is characterized by: general weakness, sweating, slowing the work of the heart or a feeling of "interruptions" in the work of the heart, dizziness, cold extremities and headache at the temples.
2. Hyperventilation syndrome. The main symptoms: a feeling of lack of air, rapid breathing or delayed exhalation. With a deep inspiration, hyperventilation develops, which leads to dizziness, muscle spasms and headaches.
3. Complaints from the work of the cardiovascular system: a violation of the rhythm of the heart, pain( discomfort) behind the sternum, which patients describe as aching, pricking or squeezing.
4. Dysregulation of sweat glands is manifested in increased sweating. At the same time, cold sticky sweat appears on the body( more often on the palms and feet).
5. Complaints from the gastrointestinal tract. Pain in the abdomen of spastic nature, nausea, impaired swallowing, bloating and loosening of the stool. In the presence of symptoms, differential diagnosis is performed with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, colitis, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer.
6. Sexual disorders. In adult men, there are complaints of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, and in women - a decrease in libido, the lack of orgasm.

Treatment of headaches with

VSD and headache are closely related, as changes in blood pressure affect well-being. Often the headache becomes the first and only symptom that causes the patient to seek qualified medical help. Therefore, the treatment of headache becomes a priority task in the treatment of VSD.

Treatment begins with lifestyle adjustments. This item includes:

1. Normalization of the mode of work and rest. First of all, you should develop the habit of going to bed at one time. The quality and duration of sleep have a great influence in the treatment of headaches. For an adult, the need for sleep is 7-8 hours, but it is necessary to go to bed before midnight.
2. Set the free time in front of the TV just before bedtime. Exclude any stay in front of the screen at least 1 hour before falling asleep.
3. Regular exercise and daily gymnastics normalizes the tone of the vessels, and thus prevents the blood pressure changes, headaches.

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Treatment of headache with vegeto-vascular dystonia begins with the control of blood pressure. It is important to make an analysis of blood pressure indicators for one week. Measurement is carried out 2 times a day at one time, and the schedule is shown to the attending physician.

1. When hypotension is prescribed drugs that increase blood pressure. To do this, use tincture of ginseng, eleutherococcus or preparations containing caffeine. They increase the tone of the vessels of the whole organism and, in particular, the brain and normalize the state of health. Increasing blood pressure to normal figures will improve health and relieve headaches.
2. VSD hypertonic type is treated with the appointment of antihypertensive drugs. For this, the following groups of drugs are used: ACE inhibitors, calcium channel antagonists, diuretics, beta blockers, sartans, or combinations thereof. Headaches that develop against a background of high blood pressure, are stopped due to the control of blood pressure.

Treatment of headaches with VSD is the main task that faces the attending physician. For rapid relief of headaches, analgesics can be used: Analgin, Pentalgin, Ibuprofen, No-shpu, Citramon, Uppsin-Oops. But first of all it is necessary to establish the reasons for their appearance and undergo a comprehensive examination.