Tag: Hypertension

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These views on hypertension are all wrong!

Hypertension is a disease that many people have heard of, but there are still many mistakes in people’s understanding of it, causing many people to take many detours in the control of hypertension. Now I’d like to tell you some common misunderstandings. I hope those who see it can stop repeating the detours others have taken and control their blood pressure early. Error: Prevention and treatment of hypertension is a personal problem. Correct: General mobilization of the whole family The occurrence of hypertension is related to one’s lifestyle, but hypertension needs family support. Personal lifestyle is deeply influenced by family members and the surrounding environment. Even if hypertension patients want to change their lifestyle, it is difficult if their families Read More …

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Several drugs combined to lower blood pressure

There are five types of antihypertensive drugs commonly used by doctors: calcium antagonists (such as nifedipine), ACEI (such as enalapril), ARB (such as telmisartan), diuretics (such as hydrochlorothiazide) and receptor blockers (such as metoprolol). These five types of drugs are basically doctors’ main weapons against hypertension. These five drugs are not good or bad, only suitable or inappropriate. That kind of drug can not only effectively reduce blood pressure, but also protect organs such as heart, brain, lung and kidney, which is the appropriate drug. Generally speaking, high-salt diet, elderly patients and patients with simple systolic hypertension have better antihypertensive response to calcium antagonists and thiazide diuretics. Middle-aged and young patients have better response to ACEI or ARB and receptor Read More …

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What should I do if my gums are swollen after taking antihypertensive drugs?

Nowadays, more and more people suffer from hypertension. Most patients with hypertension need to take drugs for a long time to control their blood pressure. Some side effects of drugs have brought great influence to everyone. There is a kind of drug with good antihypertensive effect, but it will affect gingiva. This kind of drug is the dipine antihypertensive drug we often see, such as [nifedipine] [amlodipine] [felodipine], etc. This kind of antihypertensive drug is calcium channel blocker, which can reduce blood pressure and at the same time make gingival hyperplasia, which is commonly referred to as drug-induced gingival hyperplasia. Patients taking this kind of medicine sometimes feel red swelling, pain and bleeding of gums. During oral examination of these Read More …

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Common Antihypertensive Drugs: Receptor Blockers

Receptor blockers such drugs, such as bisoprolol and metoprolol, mainly achieve antihypertensive and cardiac protection effects by slowing down heart rate and reducing myocardial oxygen consumption. They are more suitable for young and middle-aged patients with fast heart rate, and are more suitable for patients with coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure. Commonly used drugs Long-acting drugs: Bisoprolol and metoprolol sustained-release tablets, usually once per day. Medium and short-acting drugs: metoprolol ordinary tablets, carvedilol, aroprolol, atenolol, etc. Adverse reaction Common adverse reactions mainly include fatigue, cold limbs, bradycardia, etc. It should be noted that if bradycardia occurs during taking the medicine and the medicine cannot be stopped suddenly, the heart rate will obviously increase (rebound Read More …

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Common Antihypertensive Drugs: Diuretics

Diuretics, a classic antihypertensive drug, are suitable for patients with more salt intake, elderly hypertension, simple systolic hypertension, accompanied by heart failure and lower limb edema, and are also one of the basic drugs for refractory hypertension. Commonly used drugs: Diuretics commonly used to control blood pressure are mainly thiazide diuretics, such as hydrochlorothiazide and indapamide. The drug effect is similar to hydrochlorothiazide. Small doses of thiazide diuretics (such as hydrochlorothiazide 6.25 ~ 25mg) have little effect on metabolism, and can significantly increase the antihypertensive effect when combined with other antihypertensive drugs (especially ACEI or ARB, such as enalapril, valsartan, etc.). Adverse reactions: The adverse reactions of these diuretics are hypokalemia and hyperuricemia. Weak fatigue, abdominal distension and palpitation occur. Read More …

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Common Antihypertensive Drugs: ACEI and ARB

ACEI: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor It is suitable for patients with diabetes, chronic kidney diseases (except severe renal insufficiency), heart failure, cardiac insufficiency after myocardial infarction, prevention of atrial fibrillation, obesity and stroke. Drug classification: Long-acting drugs include benazepril, fosinopril, perindopril, ramipril and imidapril. Enalapril is the main medium-effect drug. Short-acting drugs mainly include captopril, which is usually used 2-3 times/day if taken for a long time in order to reduce blood pressure quickly when blood pressure increases. Adverse reactions: The most common adverse reaction of this kind of drug is dry cough, which is generally not very serious. If you can’t stand it, you can change dressings. After dressing change, dry cough will disappear. When individuals, especially the elderly, Read More …

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Common Antihypertensive Drugs: Calcium Antagonists

Calcium antagonist is a widely used antihypertensive drug. It is suitable for elderly hypertension, simple systolic hypertension, carotid intima-media thickening or plaque stable angina pectoris, post-stroke and peripheral vascular diseases. Commonly used long-acting calcium antagonists include: nifedipine controlled-release tablets, nifedipine sustained-release tablets III, amlodipine, levamlodipine, felodipine, lacidipine; Medium-acting calcium antagonist: usually taken twice a day in the morning and evening, commonly used are nitrendipine and nifedipine sustained-release tablets (I, II); Short-acting calcium antagonists include nifedipine, usually 2-3 times per day. The drugs mentioned above are all dihydropyridine calcium antagonists. It can be used for basically all hypertension patients. Adverse reaction Adverse reactions of calcium antagonists: Individual patients will have headache, facial flushing, lower limb edema, palpitation and other adverse reactions. Read More …

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How about sugar-free moon cakes and health-care moon cakes? Doctor Clove teaches you how to eat healthily during the festival.

I don’t know that since what, everyone has also begun to treat moon cakes cautiously. The biggest problem with moon cakes lies in their high sugar and fat content. Moon cakes have less water and more oil and sugar. And oil and sugar are such things that have very high calories. One gram of sugar or starch has 4 kilocalories. One gram of fat has 9 kilocalories. Not to mention young people who need bodybuilding, for old friends with chronic diseases, especially diabetes, these calories are severe tests of body functions. So, aren’t there various [healthy moon cakes] introduced by businesses now, such as sugar-free moon cakes and health-care moon cakes, etc. Are these healthy moon cakes really healthier? Sugar-free Read More …

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Exercise Suggestions for Eight Common Complications of Diabetes

Diabetes has complications, can you still exercise? Of course! And we should insist on exercising scientifically. How do you exercise safely and effectively? Different complications have different countermeasures. According to the different situations of various complications, Dr. Clove will explain them to you one by one. 1. Complications are heart diseases If you suffer from diabetes and the complication is heart disease, you should avoid strenuous exercise, weight bearing and exercise in overheated or supercooled environment. Recommended Exercise: Walking, doing daily housework, gardening and fishing, as well as stretching are also good choices. Try to exercise in a warm environment. 2. Complications are hypertension Similar to heart disease, hypertension complications should avoid strenuous exercise, weight bearing and exercise that makes Read More …