A chart that takes you through what hypertension really is? There are 330 million people with hypertension in China, more than the entire population of the United States.
Unlike viruses and bacteria, hypertension is invisible and untouchable, but once it develops, it follows the patient like a shadow and lingers.
First of all, what does hypertension mean?
Hypertension is the higher than normal lateral pressure caused by the flow of blood against the walls of blood vessels.
So what are the causes of hypertension?
This issue is complex, and there are many views in the medical community, so let’s pick two mainstream views to introduce: the cause of hypertension “free radicals” said, the human body has a kind of atomic group called “free radicals”, they are the body’s energy production by-products, usually The free radicals are a good comrade, it can regulate body temperature, accelerate the body’s nerve conduction.
However, free radicals are like single dogs in human society, when they are single for a long time, they become restless and unstable, engaging in various destructive activities.
And the bad thing that free radicals like to do most is to scratch the inner wall of blood vessels, making them less smooth.
When various lipoproteins incidental to the blood pass by these wounds, they attach to them and, after some complex series of changes, form 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 thrombus will block the blood vessel, and if it occurs in the coronary artery supplying the heart vessel, it is called 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.
Anything that free radicals like, people need to do less of! Stop smoking, eat healthy, and don’t use drugs indiscriminately. The causes of hypertension “high salt” said the past epidemiology and a large number of clinical practice shows: salt intake and the incidence of hypertension, the average blood pressure level is closely related.
As we all know, the chemical composition of salt is sodium chloride, which is composed of sodium and chloride ions.
When excessive salt is consumed, the sodium ions in the body become more, and after the change of pressure inside and outside the cells, the sodium ions in body fluids enter the cells in large quantities, so the cells become bloated.
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 selects organs such as the heart, brain, kidneys, and eyes as targets for damage, which is called “target organ damage. 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?
Prevention of hypertension starts now, after the age of 35, you should continue to pay attention to your blood pressure health, hypertension is really not a disease of the elderly.
Hypertension treats all people equally. In the famous Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill three giants reconfigured the world landscape, however, they all died of cardiovascular induced diseases respectively, if you mix not as good as the three of them, then, from now on pay attention to your blood pressure health!