In the outpatient clinic, especially those who are looking at chronic and geriatric diseases, they usually ask if they have three highs, especially if they have hypertension and .
Hypertension is a common chronic disease, and it is even more common, regardless of age. Many people have hypertension. To put it in some exaggeration, 8 out of 10 patients who came to the outpatient clinic had high blood pressure.
Hydrogen is the main risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease .
Relevant research shows that in recent years, with people's living standards constantly improving and dietary structure has undergone major changes. The incidence and deaths of cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases in in my country have also been increasing, among which the proportion of deaths in my country's total mortality rate has even reached about 40%, which has become a worrying issue.
What are the causes of hypertension?
High blood pressure has many reasons. Obesity, alcoholism, etc. may produce high blood pressure. There are also some adverse psychological factors that people don’t care about in normal times, which can also lead to high blood pressure. Simply put, it is stress, and bad emotions such as anger can also induce high blood pressure.
Overall, the main factors that induce hypertension can be divided into 7 categories:
1. Hereditary hypertension is common in middle-aged and elderly people.
Middle-aged and elderly people are prone to hypertension, and more than 40% of their have parents with a history of hypertension; parents do not have hypertension, and the probability of their children suffering from hypertension is only 3%.
More than 60% of the elderly suffer from obvious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, among which the majority of them are related cardiovascular diseases caused by hypertension. Every year, about 1.5 million people nationwide cause stroke due to hypertension.
2. People with emotional instability are also prone to hypertension.
People with emotional and nervousness, bad temper, overly anxious, engaged in mental labor and mental stress are prone to hypertension. This type of population suffers from hypertension and the efficacy of drug treatment is often poor.
3. Overweight and obesity are important reasons for the susceptibility to hypertension.
Obesity can not only cause hypertension, but also easily lead to many systemic diseases such as coronary heart disease, cholecystitis, arthritis, etc. Most obese people have drowsy , , have a good appetite, and are prone to vicious cycles. An effective way to lose weight is to participate in exercise regularly and control your diet properly.
4. Excessive salt intake in your diet is more likely to suffer from hypertension.
Northerners are more likely to suffer from hypertension than southerners. One of the reasons is that it is related to excessive saltiness in diet. The main ingredient of salt is sodium chloride . Eating too salty will lead to excessive sodium salt in the body, vascular resistance increases, and the cardiovascular burden increases, which promotes blood pressure.
5. Smoking and long-term drinking are also the main factors that induce hypertension.
Smoking is the most significant risk factor for hypertension and coronary heart disease. Long-term large amounts of smoking can increase your heart rate and increase your blood pressure. In the case of mentally nervous and type A-type smokers, the incidence of cardiovascular accidents and myocardial infarction is 2-4 times higher than that of normal people.
In addition, in recent years, it has been confirmed that people who drink alcohol for a long time, especially those who love to drink, like to eat meat, often have hypertension, obesity, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia .
6. Diabetes People with arteriosclerosis and hypertension have 30 times higher chances of developing arteriosclerosis and hypertension than normal people.
Diabetes coexist with hypertension, and the risk of cerebral stroke and myocardial infarction is 2-4 times higher than that of normal people; the increase in the level of hyperlipids, especially low-density lipoprotein, is proportional to the incidence of hypertension, coronary heart disease, and myocardial infarction.
7. Age and gender: The incidence of hypertension increases with age.
A survey shows that the average incidence rate for those under 40 years old is 3.4%, 10.2% for those aged 40 to 49 years old, 17.2% for those aged 50 to 59 years old, and 24.1% for those aged 60 years old.
The prevalence of hypertension in men is 6.96%, and that in women is 8.4%, which is higher than in men.Generally speaking, the prevalence rate of men is slightly higher than that of women before the age of 35, and after the age of 35, women are higher than men, which may be related to women's pregnancy and menopause endocrine changes.
How to treat hypertension? Can you only take Western medicine and never stop taking medicine for life? Not necessarily. Traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and treatment, classification of symptoms, constitution, and symptomatic conditioning, and the results are often good. I won’t talk about these more today. Tomorrow, I will sort out the manifestations and medication methods of several common types of patients with symptoms in the outpatient clinic, and then share them with you.
Here is a reminder: If you have been diagnosed with hypertension, or you suspect that you have hypertension, you must first go to the hospital to find a doctor to prescribe medicine. Don’t give yourself medicine casually, because you have seen many patients taking medicine by yourself, but you have big problems with taking it. Remember!
