The main cause of this disease is related to the disorder in higher nervous activity.
The early symptoms of hypertension are dizziness, headache, palpitation, insomnia, tension and fatigue. In the future, it may gradually involve the heart, brain and kidney organs, and in severe cases, it may be complicated with hypertensive heart disease, renal failure, cerebrovascular accident and other diseases.
Hypertension affects work and life. Hypertension is the most important risk factor for coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. 50% patients with myocardial infarction are hypertensive, and 76% patients with stroke have a history of hypertension. Therefore, the risk of hypertension lies in sudden death or disability. Patients with hypertension should learn to live in aftercare and early treatment to control the development of the disease.
There are two kinds of hypertension: primary and secondary. Essential hypertension mostly occurs in people over middle age, mostly mental workers; Secondary hypertension is a symptom of other diseases, such as kidney, brain, blood vessels and endocrine diseases, which can cause blood pressure to rise. Because hypertension lasts too long, it is easy to cause coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, so hypertension is closely related to coronary heart disease There are the same requirements in food selection.
When the whole body feels numb or the activity of one limb is disturbed, or even flustered, short of breath, chest tightness or even unable to lie flat, blood pressure should be measured in time, because hypertension crisis is likely to occur.
Hypertension is an eye-catching epidemic in the world today. The more industrialized countries, the higher the prevalence rate. The prevalence of hypertension in China has increased from 6% in the early days of liberation to about 10%. Hypertension is closely related to lifestyle. So what are the risk factors in life and who are prone to high blood pressure?
1. Fat people are prone to high blood pressure.
Obesity is mainly due to the increase of subcutaneous fat in the whole body, which increases the weight and blood volume, increases the burden on the heart and increases the vascular resistance, so it is prone to hypertension.
People who like salty food are prone to get high blood pressure.
Salt contains sodium. If you eat more salt, you will eat more sodium. Sodium will contain water in the body, increase blood volume, thus causing high blood pressure.
People who drink too much are prone to high blood pressure.
Drinking more than two ounces of white wine every day, over time, alcohol will damage the arteries and arteries in the body, harden the arteries and raise blood pressure. If you smoke at the same time, your blood pressure will increase.
People who are nervous and grumpy for a long time are prone to high blood pressure.
Long-term adverse stimuli, such as mental stress, emotional excitement, excessive anxiety, noise, etc. Coupled with the imbalance of physiological regulation in the body and the dysfunction of the higher nervous system in the cerebral cortex, hypertension is prone to occur. Although thin people don't have as much blood as fat people, they can also cause high blood pressure because of other factors. Thin people should never ignore their blood pressure.
5. The genetic factors of hypertension account for about 30%. People with family history of hypertension, bad hobbies and bad stimulation are often prone to hypertension. But if you develop good habits, such as eating less salt, not smoking, not drinking, not being obese, you can also avoid high blood pressure.
With the increase of age, the elasticity of blood vessels is poor and the resistance of arterioles increases, so the blood pressure increases. Persistent hypertension will damage and change the arterial wall and aggravate arteriosclerosis, which are mutually causal, so the elderly are prone to hypertension.
For patients with hypertension, medication is very important. Patients should follow the doctor's advice and remember that their commonly used drugs should not be abused to avoid accidents. The earlier the treatment, the better. The treatment of borderline hypertension should be started. Medication instructions for patients with hypertension:
Insist on taking medicine every day, even if your condition improves, you should still take the maintenance dose. Don't take antihypertensive drugs before going to bed to prevent blood pressure from dropping, brain blood volume from decreasing, speed from slowing down, and it is easy to form cerebral thrombosis. During taking antihypertensive drugs, ephedrine, Zhike Dingchuan pills, Chuanjing tablets and other drugs should be used with caution or contraindication. Ginseng contains substances that inhibit lipolysis in the body, so patients with hypertension should use it with caution.
Nursing care of patients with hypertension is very important. At the same time, drug therapy is supplemented by life, environment and mental therapy.
Pay attention to diet, low in salt (5 grams per day) and low in animal fat. Obese people with hypertension and coronary heart disease, because of excessive body fat, oppress the myocardium and increase the burden on the heart. Therefore, obese people with high blood pressure and coronary heart disease must first control their diet and give priority to vegetarianism in order to control their weight. If you lose weight, your blood pressure will also drop. Choose low-calorie food, eat more low-fat food and try to eat vegetable oil. Because vegetable oil contains unsaturated fatty acids, the cholesterol in plasma will drop, which can reduce the attack of hypertension and coronary heart disease. Animal fat, liver, brain, heart, kidney, butter, bone marrow, roe, milk fat and other foods have high cholesterol content, so it is advisable to eat less or not.
Appropriate exercise, according to one's ability, can choose the "endurance" project with light exercise and long exercise time.
Live regularly, ensure adequate sleep (7-8 hours), and combine work and rest. Take your time, control your emotions and be happy.
Thin people with hypertension and coronary heart disease should eat more fish, lean meat, beans and bean products to increase protein in the body. Soybean products contain sitosterol, which can inhibit the absorption of cholesterol in small intestine, and vitamin C can also reduce cholesterol in plasma. Therefore, patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits (sour fruits) rich in vitamin C. At the same time, patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease should control the amount of salt. Because sodium salt can cause spasm of human arterioles and raise blood pressure. Moreover, sodium salt will also absorb water, so that too much water will accumulate in the body and increase the burden on the heart. So eat less pickles, salted eggs and other foods.
Patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease must avoid alcohol, quit smoking and drink strong tea to avoid aggravating their illness.
Life problems of patients with hypertension.
Avoid dry stool, patients with hypertension are prone to cerebral hemorrhage and angina pectoris. Eat more cellulose-rich vegetables such as celery, leek, cabbage and spinach to keep the stool unobstructed.
Don't take a bath with hot water or cold water, which can reduce the sudden change of blood pressure. It is advisable to take a warm bath.
Sexual life is moderate, young and middle-aged patients should try to control or reduce it, and elderly patients should try to avoid it to prevent accidents.
Health guide
First, adjust the mood: keep a relaxed and happy mood and avoid excessive tension. It is best to rest for 5 ~ 1 0 minutes after working1hour, and adjust your nerves by doing exercises and walking. When you are depressed and angry, you should divert your attention and relax in a relaxed and happy way. Most people avoid emotional excitement and anger to prevent cerebral hemorrhage.
2. Moderate diet: We should control our daily diet and eat less fat, sweets and salt. The diet is mainly light and eat more fruits and vegetables. Avoid overeating. The intake of salt should not exceed 5 grams per day. Salt will retain water, increase blood volume and increase the burden on the heart. Obese people should control their food intake and calories to lose weight. To keep a good sleep, soak your feet with warm water before going to bed, and avoid reading novels and watching horror movies and TV. Keep defecation unobstructed. Sexual life makes people in a state of high excitement, nervous and vascular tension, and even cause a stroke. We should control sexual desire and be careful about sexual intercourse.
3. Quit smoking and drink less: Nicotine can contract tiny blood vessels, make the heart beat faster and raise blood pressure; A small amount of drinking can expand microcirculation and increase vascular elasticity, which has certain benefits. Advocate quitting smoking and drinking less. But drinking a lot of alcohol and hard liquor is definitely harmful.
4. Combination of work and rest: If you are engaged in stressful work, you should master the adjustment of mood, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, strive for more rest, and avoid the influence of harmful chronic stimuli (such as noise). Rest includes mental and physical rest. Physical labor and strenuous exercise should not be emphasized. Load-bearing, long-distance running and carrying heavy objects should be prohibited. But light physical labor can, and long-term bed rest is not good.
5. Insist on exercise: Tai Ji Chuan and Qigong should be played once every morning and evening, which can improve blood circulation, reduce peripheral resistance and lower blood pressure.
6. Insist on taking medicine: It is very important to insist on taking medicine for hypertension in the middle and late stages. If a drug becomes resistant and fails, other drugs should be replaced in time. If you don't follow the doctor's advice and stop taking the medicine at will, your blood pressure will rise sharply, which is very dangerous. Take your blood pressure regularly at ordinary times.