There are more than 300 million people with hypertension in my country! Staying up late, stress, drinking, and obesity are all causes →

Hypertension is the most common risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Is this disease curable? What are the symptoms that should be taken seriously?

There are more than 300 million patients with hypertension in my country

At present, in our country, hypertension has become one of the most common chronic diseases.

Doctors told reporters that currently one in four adults in my country suffers from hypertension. Usually, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, heart failure, renal failure, aortic dissection and other diseases are often related to long-term uncontrolled hypertension.

Jin Zening, Director of the Heart and Vascular Disease Center of Beijing Tiantan Hospital: Men over 40 and women over 45 should have regular physical examinations. If you find that your blood pressure baseline level exceeds 90-140 (mmHg), you must pay close attention and monitor your blood pressure closely.

According to statistics, there are more than 300 million people with hypertension in my country. Among them, early hypertension may have no symptoms, which may make people mistakenly think that the impact is not great. But over time, hypertension will have a serious impact on important organs of the human body such as the heart, brain, and kidneys.

Experts told reporters that the absence of symptoms does not mean that one does not have high blood pressure, nor does it mean that there are no risk factors for high blood pressure. Among the causes of high blood pressure, obesity is often an important factor.

Jin Zening, director of the Heart and Large Vessel Disease Center of Beijing Tiantan Hospital: Obesity can lead to diabetes, which in turn causes a series of endocrine hormone disorders in the body, which can become a risk factor for hypertension.

In daily life, many people think that hypertension is a disease that only occurs in the elderly. But in fact, doctors told reporters that in recent years, the age of hypertension patients in my country has shown a trend of getting younger.

During the interview, the reporter found that many people believe that hypertension is an old age disease. In fact, hypertension has already "targeted" young people.

The reporter saw in the hospital that there were many young patients among those who received medical treatment and prescription medicines at the cardiology outpatient clinic.

The latest data shows that there are more than 70 million people under the age of 35 suffering from hypertension in my country. Doctors analyze that the main reason for the "younger age" of hypertension is the unhealthy lifestyle of contemporary young people. Excessive pressure in life and work, lack of daily exercise, drinking, smoking, and staying up late are all factors that may induce hypertension. Therefore, even young people need to pay attention to and be vigilant about hypertension.

Tian Ying, chief physician of the Heart Center of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University: Young people sit for long periods of time, are obese, overweight, and have long-term mental stress. People in our country like to eat a high-salt, low-potassium diet, which has a particular impact on high blood pressure.

It is important to know your blood pressure, and regular measurement is key!

Among Beijing residents aged 18 to 79, the prevalence of hypertension is 35.3%, and one-third of adults are hypertensive. Hypertension can cause physical discomfort and harm, and can also significantly increase the risk of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases due to high blood pressure.

A very serious problem is that many people with high blood pressure are not aware that their blood pressure is too high! The awareness rate of high blood pressure in this city is only 52.8%, which means that about half of the patients with high blood pressure do not know that they are ill. The reasons for this phenomenon are that many people do not measure their blood pressure regularly, and secondly, people with high blood pressure may not have obvious symptoms. However, the absence of symptoms does not mean that your blood pressure is necessarily normal! Therefore, it is very important to measure blood pressure regularly, which can help us "know" our blood pressure levels.

Blood pressure, what does this indicator mean?

The blood in our body is constantly flowing. Blood pressure is a measure of the pressure generated when blood flows through the arteries. The heart's pumping of blood is the driving force of blood flow. When the heart contracts, a large amount of blood is pumped into the arteries. The pressure generated by the blood on the arteries at this time is the systolic pressure, commonly known as "high blood pressure".

When the heart relaxes, the large arteries that expand due to high pressure elastically shrink, allowing the blood to continue flowing forward, but the pressure drops. The blood pressure at this time is the diastolic pressure, commonly known as "low pressure".

Blood pressure is related to the amount of blood the heart pumps and how easily blood flows through the arteries. When blood vessels become narrow or hardened, or when the heart pumps more blood, blood pressure rises. When blood pressure rises to an unhealthy level, that is, 140/90 mmHg, we define it as high blood pressure.

Adults aged 18 and over should measure their blood pressure once a year. They can take advantage of any opportunity to take a physical examination or go to a medical institution. People aged 35 and over should measure their blood pressure at least once a year. People who have risk factors such as overweight/obesity, family history, long-term high-salt diet, long-term excessive drinking, or people whose blood pressure is already elevated but has not yet reached the diagnostic criteria should measure their blood pressure frequently.

Patients with hypertension should monitor their blood pressure according to their own blood pressure control status.

Can I measure my blood pressure at home?

If conditions permit, you can measure your blood pressure at home. Choose a certified upper arm fully automatic electronic blood pressure monitor, which is simple and easy to master.

Do not do strenuous exercise before measuring blood pressure. It is best to rest for 5 minutes. Do not smoke, drink alcohol, coffee or tea 30 minutes before measuring. Empty your bladder if necessary.

When measuring, sit back and relax on a chair with a backrest, with your feet relaxed and flat on the ground. Wrap the cuff around your bare arm. Pay attention to the position and tightness of the cuff. The cuff should be at the same height as the heart, with the lower edge 2 to 3 cm away from the elbow line, and the tightness should be enough to insert 1 to 2 fingers. Press the start button, the blood pressure monitor will automatically inflate and deflate, and you can read the data.

If you have high blood pressure, do you need to control it even if you have no symptoms?

You may ask, the doctor told me that I have high blood pressure, but I have no symptoms. Do I still need to control it? Yes, it is very important to control it!

Uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause many health problems, such as serious damage to the heart, hardening of the arteries, which reduces the blood and oxygen flowing to the heart, rupture or blockage of arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the brain, causing stroke, and kidney damage. Currently, only about one-fifth of hypertensive patients have their blood pressure levels effectively controlled.

Blood pressure control has a goal. Normal blood pressure levels should be lower than 120/80 mmHg, and healthy adults should strive to maintain blood pressure within a healthy range. For patients with hypertension, blood pressure should generally be controlled below 140/90 mmHg. Depending on the condition, some patients can further reduce their blood pressure to less than 130/80 mmHg under the guidance of a doctor.

To effectively control blood pressure levels

Hypertensive patients need to

No.1

Under the advice of professional doctors, consistently practice a healthy lifestyle, such as eating less salt, controlling weight, exercising moderately, and quitting smoking and drinking;

No.2

Follow the doctor's advice, take antihypertensive drugs on time and according to the dosage, and do not change, reduce or stop taking the drugs at will;

No.3

Monitor blood pressure levels regularly;

No.4

Reduce stress and control your emotions.

Based on knowing blood pressure,

Through reasonable control measures,

Actively maintain stable blood pressure levels.

To effectively combat the harm caused by high blood pressure,

Maintain a healthy life.

When treating patients with hypertension, it is important to stay away from the four misunderstandings about hypertension treatment.

Misunderstandings in the Treatment of Hypertension

1. Hypertensive patients should be alert to improper medication. Generally speaking, when treating hypertensive patients, different hypertensive patients have different treatments because of different causes and conditions. At present, there are many types of drugs for treating hypertension, and the mechanisms are relatively complex. It is difficult to use a unified model to treat every hypertensive patient. Therefore, when treating hypertensive patients, the cause and symptoms of the patient should be determined, and the right medicine should be prescribed to implement scientific and effective treatment for hypertension. Misunderstandings in the Treatment of Hypertension

2. Hypertensive patients tend to neglect lifestyle adjustments and fail to eliminate the causes. Clinically, there are many factors that cause high blood pressure. To keep blood pressure at an ideal level, you cannot rely on medication. You must adopt a healthy lifestyle and eliminate adverse causes. For example, hypertensive patients have irregular lifestyles, excessive fatigue, lack of sleep, too much salt in their diets, smoking, alcoholism, etc. If these factors are not eliminated, it will be difficult for hypertensive patients to recover.

3. If patients with hypertension do not cure their primary disease, it will be ineffective to simply take antihypertensive treatment. Therefore, when treating this type of patients with hypertension, they must pay attention to the misunderstandings in the treatment of hypertension.

4. Hypertensive patients do not take the medicine according to the doctor's instructions. Clinically, many hypertensive patients often forget to take medicine or do not take medicine on time for various reasons, take medicine at irregular times and quantities, and increase or decrease the dosage of medicine at will. Some hypertensive patients stop taking medicine privately after taking medicine for a period of time because they feel that their symptoms have been alleviated or disappeared. This is not good for the health of hypertensive patients. Hypertensive patients must pay more attention to this issue.

After hypertension occurs, the patient's treatment must be in place. For patients with hypertension, only by correctly treating hypertension can patients effectively lower their blood pressure, reduce the harm caused by hypertension to patients, and then let patients get rid of the troubles of hypertension.

Source: CCTV Finance, China CDC Chronic Disease Center, Beijing CDC