When you have a cold or cough, many of you are used to taking your own medicine, and you don’t usually go to the hospital to see a doctor. However, this seems to be a very common habit, for those who have high blood pressure or a bad heart, but it may be very dangerous. Why? Cold medicines contain ingredients that can raise blood pressure Some people with high blood pressure will experience increased blood pressure and dizziness after taking medicines for colds, which may be caused by taking cold medicines. Cold medicine can cause blood pressure rise in the culprit is pseudoephedrine. In China’s market, there are about ten kinds of western medicine containing pseudoephedrine, which can reduce the nasopharyngeal mucosal congestion, thus relieving the symptoms of nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose. However, it is also able to excite the sympathetic nerves, constrict blood vessels, resulting in increased blood pressure; at the same time, it can also excite the heart, may induce coronary heart disease. Taking Chinese cold medicine can not be taken lightly Some friends said, I usually eat Chinese medicine, should not have to worry about it. In fact, in addition to the commonly used western cold and flu medicines, there are some proprietary cold and flu medicines, which will also contain some ephedra ingredients, will also cause elevated blood pressure. Therefore, taking proprietary cold and flu medicines should not be taken lightly. Hypertensive patients should be careful to take cold medicine Since most cold medicines contain pseudoephedrine or ephedra ingredients, is it that hypertensive patients can not take cold medicine at all? In fact, not. For milder and good blood pressure control, normal heart function of hypertensive patients, can be under the guidance of a doctor, occasionally take cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine and ephedra ingredients, during the period of taking, pay attention to monitoring blood pressure. Elderly patients with high blood pressure, as well as their own high blood pressure patients with heart disease, should be cautious to take cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine or ephedra ingredients, must be under the guidance of a doctor to choose the side effects of the local use of medicines, to avoid triggering the danger. Doctor’s note: cold and cough, although it seems to be a minor illness, but the medication should be careful, especially high blood pressure, heart disease or elderly patients with high blood pressure, when taking medication is more cautious, the use of medication before you must consult a professional doctor’s opinion, in order to choose the right cold medicine for their own situation.