Tag: Hypertension

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How to Protect Kidney for Hypertensive Patients?

Hypertension is currently one of the most common chronic diseases with the highest incidence rate in the world. It is estimated that 1 billion people in the world suffer from hypertension. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) in the United States show that the prevalence rate of hypertension is on the rise year by year. However, the degree of hypertension control in our country is not optimistic. Many friends are worried about the impact of antihypertensive drugs on the kidney. Some even dare not take antihypertensive drugs for fear of hurting the kidney. Let’s introduce the harm of hypertension to the kidney and the effect of antihypertensive drugs on the kidney. Friends who do not have the Read More …

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Diuretics, a Antihypertensive Drug with a Long History

Diuretics are a [long-standing] antihypertensive drug. Its mechanism of lowering blood pressure is well understood. We often compare blood vessels to water pipes and heart to water pumps. The blood is the water in the water pipes. Some people suffer from hypertension, that is, there is too much water in the water pipe and the pressure on the water pipe will be great. If we discharge some water from the pipe, the pressure will drop. Diuretics play a role in draining water, draining more water from blood vessels, reducing blood volume and blood pressure. However, among hypertension patients in our country, the use of diuretics is far less extensive than that of other three types of antihypertensive drugs. Why? Disadvantages Read More …

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Kidney is not good, why will hypertension occur?

The relationship between kidney and blood pressure can be said to be inextricably linked, which starts with how blood pressure is formed. The human cardiovascular system can be roughly compared to a water circulation system, in which blood circulates like water. The heart is like a water pump, which continuously pumps blood into blood vessels all over the body and is the power source for the continuous flow of blood. Blood vessels are like elastic water pipes. The pressure generated by blood flow on the wall of the blood vessels forms blood pressure. Therefore, blood pressure is mainly determined by the following factors: The [power] of the heart If the blood pressure pumped out by the heart every time it Read More …

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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 …

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There are [three highs], how to drink milk is the healthiest?

Drinking enough milk is the best way to supplement calcium and prevent osteoporosis. Many people with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes are always worried about drinking milk. Always feel that the fat in milk is high, which will aggravate the blood lipid problem and is unfavorable to cardiovascular diseases. Now, let’s ask endocrinologists to tell you what dairy products are and how to choose them. In addition to the above dairy products, there is also a very good drink, which should not be ignored by patients with three highs, and that is soya-bean milk!

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Drinking soup before meals may not be [slim and healthy]

On the weekend, I made an appointment with my friends and ordered an old duck soup. This soup is really delicious. After drinking three bowls in a row, I still feel a little unsatisfied. After returning home, I began to think about drinking soup. In the eyes of most people, soup is easy to digest, soup has nutrition, soup supplements water… Drinking soup is a good habit; Making soup is also a highly respected way of keeping in good health. For example, you must have heard of: Drink soup before meals, slim and healthy; Drink soup after the meal, the more you drink, the fatter you get. Indeed, there are many good things in broth, such as dissolved amino acids, Read More …

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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 …

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Low sodium and high potassium, a kind of eating method to prevent hypertension and stroke.

When it comes to hypertension and stroke, everyone is very afraid: hypertension requires a lifetime of antihypertensive drugs; Stroke, mild paralysis, severe direct life-threatening… Hypertension and stroke are so terrible, is there any way to prevent them from diet? Of course there is! FDA has approved such a health statement: Diets containing high potassium and low sodium diets can reduce the risk of hypertension and stroke. As long as a food contains more than 350 milligrams of potassium, this statement can be marked. In other words, the diet of low sodium and high potassium is helpful to prevent hypertension and stroke. Low sodium and high potassium, why is it so magical? 1. Low sodium, reducing the risk of hypertension and Read More …

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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 …

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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 …