First aid measures for high blood pressure fainting

The elderly must pay attention to the symptoms of hypertension in their bodies. With inappropriate diet in people's daily lives, the incidence of hypertension is becoming younger and younger. Symptoms of high blood pressure also appear in some middle-aged people, and high blood pressure can cause many other complications in the human body. Some patients with severe hypertension are prone to fainting in daily life, so what are the first aid measures for patients with hypertension who faint?

First aid measures for high blood pressure fainting

1. First aid for angina pectoris

Hypertensive patients suffer from angina pectoris mostly due to emotional fluctuations, fatigue or overeating. Symptoms include paroxysmal pain and tightness in the chest area, which may radiate to the neck and left upper limb. In severe cases, there are symptoms such as pale complexion and cold sweats. At this time, family members should let the patient rest quietly, and place a tablet of nitroglycerin under the tongue and give oxygen inhalation. The symptoms can be gradually relieved. If they are still not relieved, a car should be prepared immediately to send the patient to the hospital for emergency treatment to prevent delay in the condition.

2. First aid for hypertensive crisis

A sudden rise in blood pressure causes severe headaches, accompanied by neurological symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, visual impairment, and confusion. At this moment, the patient should rest in bed and take antihypertensive measures immediately, such as compound antihypertensive tablets, and diuretics can be taken to try to lower blood pressure to a certain level. Patients with blurred consciousness should be given oxygen. If the symptoms are not relieved, they should be escorted to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment in time.

3. First aid for acute myocardial infarction

For patients suffering from myocardial infarction, if they faint, fall into a coma or their heart stops beating, their family members should not panic. Instead, they should lay the patient down flat, hit the patient's chest hard with their fists, then perform artificial respiration and cardiac massage, and call emergency services at the same time. The success rate of such rescue is more than half, and such precious time must be seized every second, because the brain will cause irreversible death due to lack of oxygen 6 minutes after the heart stops beating, and the patient will become a vegetable even after being revived.

Apart from various functional fainting, which may be relieved after a short period of treatment, serious illnesses caused by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases cannot be ignored. A preliminary judgment should be made based on the elderly person's usual medical history and other manifestations before and after the onset of the disease, and reasonable home treatment measures should be taken in a timely manner.

What to do when blood pressure rises sharply

Due to emotional excitement, excessive fatigue and other reasons, friends with hypertension can easily experience a sharp rise in blood pressure, causing dizziness, headaches and other discomforts. In severe cases, it can also cause rupture and bleeding of cerebral blood vessels, leading to serious consequences such as stroke and hemiplegia. Therefore, when blood pressure rises, everyone must take emergency measures to lower it immediately to avoid unexpected events.

When blood pressure has risen sharply, tapping the Sanyinjiao and Xuanzhong points will be of little help. In fact, among the external treatments in traditional Chinese medicine, there is one method that is the most convenient and quickest, and that is bloodletting at the tips of the two ears.

The tips of the ears are where the human body's qi and blood are relatively weak, and are also where qi and blood are easily blocked. As long as the tips of the ears are unblocked, the pressure on the head caused by rapidly rising blood pressure can be reduced.

For friends with high blood pressure, it is best to prepare some three-edged needles for acupuncture or the disposable blood collection needles used in hospitals at home. Remember to disinfect the needles in advance. If the situation is urgent and you don't have disinfectant or the above-mentioned needles, you can just burn the sewing needle over the fire.

After bloodletting from the ear tip, blood pressure will drop rapidly. At this time, tapping the Sanyinjiao or Xuan Zhong acupoints can consolidate the first aid effect.