Tag: Cardiovascular Internal Medicine

bear

Hypertension cannot be cured, why do you still have to take medicine?

For patients who have just discovered hypertension, the most concerned question is: Do you want to take medicine? When you eat what? Although everyone does not want to take medicine, most hypertension patients need drugs to control their blood pressure and often take medicine for life. When explaining the problem of taking medicine, people are often most confused by two problems: Why can’t hypertension be cured? Since it cannot be cured, taking medicine still has side effects, why take medicine? We need to answer these two doubts slowly. Why is hypertension not cured well? There is no mention of secondary hypertension with definite causes. Blood pressure increases caused by this other disease. After removing the causes, blood pressure may be Read More …

bear

What about blood pressure off the charts?

If you find that your blood pressure rises sharply in a short period of time, your blood pressure exceeds 230/120 mmHg, or only diastolic blood pressure (that is, the lower number) also exceeds 120 mmHg, you should be careful of hypertension crisis. Hypertension crisis, also known as hypertension emergency, is a very critical situation. Apart from elevated blood pressure, there are also a series of symptoms, such as dizziness, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, dysphoria, etc. Some even have blurred vision, convulsions, consciousness disorders and even coma, endangering life. There are also some patients, diastolic blood pressure is higher than 120 mmHg for a long time, the body has the process of adaptation, so there is no particularly obvious symptoms. Although Read More …

bear

Travel of Hypertensive Friends [Tips]

When traveling, many people hope that the less things they bring, the better. They are relaxed and will be more free on the journey. But for friends with hypertension, there are some items that are essential. Essential items Bring the medicine Most hypertension friends will not leave these [old friends] who deal with them every day behind, but we should remind you that in addition to the several drugs you deal with every day, you should also have some emergency drugs in your medicine cabinet, such as nitroglycerin and cold medicine. Also note that before travel, seek a doctor to prescribe short-acting antihypertensive drugs. When people travel, they do not live regularly at home as usual. Long-term [suppressed] blood pressure Read More …

bear

Can onion soak wine [preserve health]? Beware of being fooled

Onions are rich in sulfur compounds, which can produce strong pungent smell, and are believed to have various [effects], such as treating colds, resisting viruses, resisting cancer, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipid, resisting inflammation, resisting oxidation, increasing bone mineral density, etc. Among health lovers, there is also [onion soaking wine] circulating. In many [health preserving] articles, it is claimed that drinking one or two of these wines every day has produced as many as 10 kinds of [miracles] and listed various effects of onions. However, these [miracles] [health preserving effects] have no scientific evidence and can only be regarded as urban legends and assumptions. Let’s just talk about onions. Onions are a good vegetable Like other vegetables, onions can Read More …

bear

Do these five steps and live to be 90 years old.

According to statistics, 3 million people die of cardiovascular diseases every year in China, with an average of one person killed by cardiovascular diseases every 10 seconds. Professor Hu Dayi, the country’s chief cardiovascular expert and director of the Institute of Cardiology of Peking University People’s Hospital, pointed out that of the 10 myocardial infarcts, 9 could be predicted. Six myocardial infarcts, five can be prevented. Everyone knows to see the disease, but no one pays attention to the real prevention, so they say: “It’s your fault not to live to be 90 years old.” How can we live to be 90 years old? Listen to Professor Hu’s secret! Eat eight full If you want to be in good health, Read More …

bear

[Junk Food] That’s right!

In the past ten years or so, [the list of the top ten junk foods published by WHO] has become so popular that the concept of [junk food] has become so popular that many people classify foods they do not like as [junk food]. But in fact, the World Health Organization has officially issued a statement saying that [no such list has been published] and even does not recognize the concept of [junk food]. Why? There is no so-called [junk food] The value of food is to meet the nutritional needs of the human body. That is to say, any kind of food, as long as it can provide certain nutritional ingredients for the human body, without toxic and harmful Read More …

bear

Read a picture and do this to help you stay away from the harm of hypertension.

Hypertension will increase the risk of myocardial infarction, cerebral apoplexy and other diseases, seriously affecting our health. What should people who want to stay away from hypertension and those with hypertension do if they want to stay away from complications of hypertension? Dr. Clove teaches you: By doing so, you can stay away from the harm of hypertension!

bear

To have a healthy heart, these 8 things should be done well.

When it comes to keeping the heart healthy, there are some factors that we cannot control, such as age growth and genetic factors. According to a December 2010 report by the American Heart Association: For men, if one parent had suffered from early heart disease, the risk of heart disease doubled. For women, the risk increased by 70%. We have no way to change genes, but we cannot let it go. To maintain the health of the heart, we can also start with our own lifestyle and do something beneficial to the heart, which can reduce the risk of heart disease. 1. Quit smoking Smoking is the biggest enemy of heart health. It causes inflammation of blood vessels, increases blood Read More …

bear

Take antihypertensive drugs and never make these 5 mistakes!

Hypertension is the most common chronic disease and the most important risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In order to control blood pressure within the normal range, besides diet adjustment accidents, rational drug use is also a very important means. However, there are still many prejudices and misunderstandings about antihypertensive drugs. If the misunderstanding is not relieved, many patients will not be able to regulate medication at ease. They will always stop eating and do great harm to their bodies. Next, I will give you an answer to the five most common mistakes, hoping to dispel your misunderstanding of antihypertensive drugs, standardize medication under the guidance of doctors, control blood pressure and live a healthy life. Error 1: If Read More …

bear

Antihypertensive drugs that can lower blood pressure and control heart rate.

Receptor blockers are commonly used cardiovascular drugs, which are widely used in patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease and heart failure. These drugs are often called [XX prolol], such as propranolol, metoprolol, bisoprolol, aroprolol, carvedilol, etc. Why can receptor blockers lower blood pressure? This starts with the receptor. There are three types of adrenergic receptors: 1 Receptors are mainly distributed in myocardium, which can excite and cause increased heart rate and myocardial contractility. Receptors exist in bronchus and vascular smooth muscle, which can excite and cause bronchiectasis, vascular relaxation, visceral smooth muscle relaxation, etc. 3 receptors mainly exist in adipocytes and can stimulate and cause lipodecomposition. Receptor blockers commonly used clinically, according to the characteristics of drugs, can block the Read More …