How to increase sodium.levels due to normal dailydiet with high blood pressure?
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Sodium plays a critical role in the regulation of your major bodily functions. How much or how little fluid you retain, as well as the functioning of your nervous system and your muscles all depend on sodium. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for American published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the USDA recommend reducing added salt in your daily diet to help avoid high blood pressure. Although high blood sodium blood levels can increase your blood pressure, extremely low blood sodium levels might be the result of years of chronic hypertension and cardiovascular disease.Normal Function
Sodium’s presence in the bloodstream and kidneys provide signals to your kidneys for the amount of sodium and urine to excrete. When the kidneys sense low sodium, they lower the amount of sodium they remove from your body by restricting the urine produced. When your kidneys hold on to liquid, blood volume increases, and eventually so does your blood pressure. Conversely, when you consume a large amount of sodium, your kidneys work to excrete more urine and along with it, excess salt. If you have sensitivity to it, or existing conditions, moderate to high loads of salt can overload your system and lead to chronic problems.
Excess Fluid Intake
When you drink water, you hydrate your body and increase your blood volume as a secondary effect. Ordinarily, your kidneys excrete some of the liquid as urine, and no harm results. When you drink copious amounts of water, though, you dilute the salt in your bodily fluids. Sensing the lower concentration of salt, your kidneys hold on to fluid in an attempt to prevent sodium loss. Increased blood volume leads to high blood pressure and swollen tissues. If you continue to drink large volumes of water, water intoxication results. Dangerously low levels of sodium, combined with excess amounts of fluid can lead to organ failure, swelling of the brain and death. Water intoxication can be accidental or intentional. In 2007, a woman died after entering a water-drinking competition and suffering water intoxication, according to an October 9, 2009 article in L.A. Now.
Sodium’s presence in the bloodstream and kidneys provide signals to your kidneys for the amount of sodium and urine to excrete. When the kidneys sense low sodium, they lower the amount of sodium they remove from your body by restricting the urine produced. When your kidneys hold on to liquid, blood volume increases, and eventually so does your blood pressure. Conversely, when you consume a large amount of sodium, your kidneys work to excrete more urine and along with it, excess salt. If you have sensitivity to it, or existing conditions, moderate to high loads of salt can overload your system and lead to chronic problems.
Excess Fluid Intake
When you drink water, you hydrate your body and increase your blood volume as a secondary effect. Ordinarily, your kidneys excrete some of the liquid as urine, and no harm results. When you drink copious amounts of water, though, you dilute the salt in your bodily fluids. Sensing the lower concentration of salt, your kidneys hold on to fluid in an attempt to prevent sodium loss. Increased blood volume leads to high blood pressure and swollen tissues. If you continue to drink large volumes of water, water intoxication results. Dangerously low levels of sodium, combined with excess amounts of fluid can lead to organ failure, swelling of the brain and death. Water intoxication can be accidental or intentional. In 2007, a woman died after entering a water-drinking competition and suffering water intoxication, according to an October 9, 2009 article in L.A. Now.
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