NONPHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL -HYPERTENSION PATIENTS BY MEANS OF ADAPTATION TO PERIODIC HYPOXIA IN A PRESSURE CHAMBER

Patients with essential hypertension were exposed to periodic hypoxia in a pressure chamber. It is shown that adaptation to periodic hypoxia results in improvement of general condition of patients who exhibited a decline in blood pressure, minute blood volume, serum sodium concen trations as well as better microcirculation and tissue oxygen tension. Reduced concentrations of total serum cholesterol and atherogenic ind ex were achieved in hypercholesterolemia patients. The changes obtaine d permitted reduction of hypotensive maintenance treatment. In view of positive results in hypertensive subjects, adaptation to periodic hyp oxia in a pressure chamber is recommended for inclusion into combined regimens of hypertension therapy.