Therapist Tamara Ilyinskaya: frequent headaches may be one of the signs that a person consumes too much salt.
Consumption of salt in excess of 5-6 grams per day (equivalent to about a teaspoon) can cause serious harm to health. Salt abuse disrupts the natural balance of sodium in the body and contributes to high blood pressure, increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, warned physician Tamara Ilyinskaya in an interview with Medikforum.
Therapist Ilyinskaya also named four signs of salt abuse.
Frequent urination.Intense thirst is a common response to eating large amounts of salty foods. The body reacts this way for good reason: getting more fluid, it gets rid of excess salt. In turn, increased fluid intake contributes to more frequent urination.
Headaches.Their appearance may be due to dehydration, which occurs due to the loss of a large amount of moisture. If a person has high blood pressure, they may experience a headache within an hour or two after a salty meal. This is due to the fact that the level of sodium in the body rises, which stimulates an increase in blood pressure on the walls of blood vessels. When pressure increases without that, it can cause headaches, dizziness.
Swollen legs and arms.Swelling in the fingers, ankles, or feet may also be the body's reaction to high levels of sodium from salt. When a person constantly abuses salt, the body cannot cope with its introduction, excess sodium is retained, and this leads to an increase in the amount of fluid outside the cells.
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br>High blood pressure. If symptoms such as blurred vision, chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath or sudden nosebleeds occur with salt abuse, it is more likely to mean high blood pressure. At the same time, the therapist Ilyinskaya noted: in many cases, hypertension is asymptomatic.
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