Sun exposure treatment of hypertension

Research by scientists at the University of Southampton UK recently published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology shows that the sun has the ability to lower blood pressure.                  
                                                  Sun exposure treatment of hypertension

Scientists have tested on a group of volunteers, in their projection ultraviolet A radiation in the laboratory equivalent dose interval of 30 minutes in the sun in the summer of Southern Europe.


The results showed that blood vessels dilate and the group lowered blood pressure. The team did not confirm the cause hypotension help of the sun, but the possibility is raised by the action of nitric oxide and other components derived from compounds such as nitric and nitrate.

Nitric oxide plays a role in blood pressure by adjusting the cells in rows inside the walls of blood vessels produce nitric oxide to soften and relax blood vessels, reduce the workload for the heart.

Lead researcher Professor Martin Feelisch, and explained that nitric oxide additives are also included below under the skin and the sun was capable of mobilizing these molecules move from the skin to dilate blood vessels and lower blood blood pressure.

However, the researchers recommend that more research is needed to see the effect decreased with repeated blood pressure regularly while basking under ultraviolet A radiation repeatedly or not; effects of sunlight depends on gender, age and weighing up the risk of skin cancer and other harmful effects.