That said, there are 330 million people with hypertension in China, more than the entire U.S. population. Unlike viruses and bacteria, hypertension is invisible and intangible, but once it develops, it follows the patient like a shadow, lingering.
First of all, what does hypertension mean? Hypertension is the higher-than-normal lateral pressure on the walls of blood vessels as the blood flows through them.
So what is the cause of hypertension? This issue is complicated, and there are many views in the medical community, so let’s pick two mainstream views and introduce them: The “free radical” theory of the causes of hypertension There is a group of atoms in the body called “free radicals”, which are the by-products of the body’s energy production. Free radicals are good comrades, they can regulate body temperature and accelerate nerve conduction in the body.
However, free radicals are like single dogs in human society, when they are single for a long time, they become restless and unstable and engage in various destructive activities.
Free radicals like to do the most bad things is to cut on the inner walls of blood vessels, making them less smooth.
When various lipoproteins in the blood pass by these wounds, they attach to them and undergo a series of complex changes, forming an atherosclerotic plaque. Thus the pathways of blood vessels become narrower, thus causing insufficient blood supply.
The brain, as the body’s commander, when the insufficient blood supply is detected, decisively gives orders for the blood to flow faster and pass quickly through the narrowed area to ensure adequate blood supply. At this point, blood pressure rises.
When atherosclerotic plaque builds up to a certain level, a phenomenon like a “landslide” occurs, in which the plaque breaks up and detaches from the blood vessel, forming a thrombus. The clot will block the blood vessel, if it occurs in the coronary artery supplying the heart vessel, it is coronary heart disease; if it occurs in the brain, it will cause a stroke. This is the main cause of coronary heart disease and stroke.
In layman’s terms, free radicals like to live like this aunt.
Big fish, big meat
Anything that free radicals like, we should do less of! Quit smoking, eat healthy, and don’t use drugs indiscriminately. Epidemiology and clinical practice have shown that salt intake is closely related to the incidence and average blood pressure level of hypertension.
As we all know, the chemical composition of salt is sodium chloride, which is composed of sodium and chloride ions.
When salt is consumed in excess, the sodium ions in the body become more abundant, and through changes in pressure inside and outside the cells, the sodium ions in body fluids enter the cells in large quantities, and the cells become swollen.
When the cellular tissue around the arteries swells, the blood vessels become narrower, peripheral resistance increases, and blood pressure rises.
That’s why it’s important to eat less salt!!!
Target Organ Damage Blood pressure targets organs such as the heart, brain, kidneys, and eyes, and this is called “target organ damage. It can be simply understood that any place where there are arteries can be attacked, now you know why high blood pressure is so powerful, right?
Preventing high blood pressure starts now. After the age of 35, you need to pay constant attention to your blood pressure health, high blood pressure is really not a disease of the elderly!
High blood pressure treats everyone equally, this year is the 70th anniversary of the victory in the world anti-fascist war, in the famous Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill three giants reconstructed the world landscape, however, they all died of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular induced diseases respectively, if you are not mixed with them three good, then, from now on pay attention to their blood pressure health!
Concern for blood pressure health starts now. Proper exercise, reasonable diet, quit smoking and limit alcohol, and mental balance!