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Tap water can raise your low blood pressure
Publish Date : 12/2/2004 2:10:00 PM   Source : Health News Onlypunjab.com

Ordinary tap or bottled water  could  help
people  suffering  from  low  blood  pressure  who  faint   while
standing,  claim researchers from Imperial College London and  St
Mary's Hospital.
 
According to researchers, drinking two glasses of water can raise
blood  pressure,  potentially providing a solution  for  patients
with  low  blood  pressure while standing,  caused  by  autonomic
failure.
Autonomic   failure  is  where  parts  of  the  nervous   system,
responsible  for the control of bodily functions not  consciously
directed, such as blood pressure, heart rate and sweating, do not
function properly.
 
"This surprising discovery that water can have such an effect  on
blood pressure could help us to treat both sufferers of autonomic
failure,  and  many  people who suffer from  low  blood  pressure
generally,  especially  those who faint, such as  with  vasovagal
syncope,"  Professor Christopher Mathias, from  Imperial  College
London, was quoted as saying.
 
"While   autonomic   failure  itself  is   generally   not   life
threatening, it can have a significant impact on an  individual's
quality of life, " Professor Mathias adds.
 
"People  with low blood pressure caused by autonomic failure  are
at  a greater risk of fainting when standing upright, after  food
or even after mild exertion."
 
"This  can  affect their life in many ways,  stopping  them  from
driving, or in extreme cases, from being able to work," he said.
 
"This  discovery  could be of considerable use in  helping  these
patients to understand why this happens. It may also benefit  the
many without autonomic failure who faint as a result of low blood
pressure," Mathias concluded. (ANI)