When blood pressure is elevated for a long time, it is easy to lead to craniocerebral atherosclerosis, causing narrowing of blood vessel lumen, resulting in patients prone to cerebral ischemia and hypoxia. Therefore, patients should actively control blood pressure to reduce the damage of hypertension to target organs such as the brain.
When blood pressure rises suddenly and significantly, intracranial pressure increases significantly, and the blood components of intracranial blood vessels seep out to the extravascular tissue fluid increases, resulting in cerebral edema, and severe cerebral edema affects the normal cerebral blood flow, which leads to cerebral ischemia and hypoxia. Patients should seek prompt medical attention and timely and correct treatment under the guidance of a physician to prevent irreversible target organ damage and reduce mortality.
In conclusion, patients with elevated blood pressure should go to the hospital in a timely manner and receive standardized treatment under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delaying the condition and causing adverse consequences such as cerebral hypoxia.