Symptoms of blood viscosity, 4 symptoms to watch out for

Blood viscosity is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people. Patients will experience symptoms such as dizziness, drowsiness, and memory loss. Severe blood viscosity can cause cardiac ischemia, leading to breathing difficulties and even death, so everyone should understand the symptoms of blood viscosity.

1. Symptoms of blood viscosity

1. Feeling dizzy, unclear, and slow thinking in the morning. Generally, the mind gradually becomes clear after breakfast.

2. I feel sleepy after lunch and need to take a nap, otherwise I will feel listless throughout the afternoon. On the contrary, I feel particularly good after dinner.

3. Panting while squatting and working. When you squat, the amount of blood returning to the heart and brain is reduced, causing ischemia of the lungs, brain and other organs, leading to difficulty breathing and therefore asthma.

4. Paroxysmal blurred vision. The blood becomes thicker and its flow rate slows down, so the blood cannot fully nourish the optic nerve, or the optic nerve or retina suffers from temporary ischemia and hypoxia, causing vision to become blurry.

2. How to improve blood viscosity

1. Drink plenty of water, including before getting up in the morning, before each meal and before going to bed.

2. Eat foods that can dilute the blood: such as hawthorn, black fungus, garlic, onion, shiitake mushrooms, strawberry, etc.

3. Reasonable diet: eat less animal offal and animal fat, fried food, and sweets. Eat more light food and a combination of coarse and fine grains.

4. Eat more foods rich in lecithin: such as soybeans and soy products, eggs, and fish.

5. Regular exercise promotes blood circulation. Blood circulates continuously in the body, and the flow rate is not constant. For example, the flow rate is much slower when in a resting state than when exercising. As long as it is within the normal range, it will not affect health. But sometimes, the flow rate slows down to below the normal range, and even the drawn blood quickly coagulates in the needle and cannot be pushed out, or the tube is blocked due to coagulation of reflux blood during intravenous infusion, which indicates that the blood has become significantly thicker. The blood that has become thicker flows more slowly, which reduces the amount of oxygen and nutrients that the body tissues receive. More dangerously, red blood cells aggregate to form blood clots that block blood vessels, causing myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction and endangering life. This is the most terrible consequence of thickened blood.