In the summer, due to the high temperatures, the body reacts with different mechanisms than in the winter, to restore its thermoregulation. It causes vasodilation and sweating. This change results in a drop in blood pressure.
On the one hand, because the space (vasodilatation) through which the blood moves expands, so the heart exerts less force-arterial pressure, on the other hand, the volume of circulating blood decreases with perspiration (loss of fluids). So if you continue your antihypertensive treatment, you should monitor your blood pressure more often and in case of hypotension, contact your doctor to modify the medication.
But what happens when we vacation in the mountains? If the altitude is above 2000 meters, because oxygen and atmospheric pressure decrease, then pulse and blood pressure increase accordingly. So here too we must inform our doctor about the changes in our pressure in order to possibly modify the medication.
