Older people are prone to high blood pressure, can high blood pressure be heart threatening? Why?

Updated on healthy 2024-04-29
27 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Many patients with hypertension only know that hypertension is a common disease, and think that hypertension does not affect life and work, and even many people ignore it, which is a manifestation of lack of common sense. There are also many bad habits or bad sleep time and diet in daily life, which can lead to many risk factors for hypertension. Many people do not pay attention to this set of risk factors and only come to the doctor when there are obvious clinical symptoms or other complications of hypertension, which is incorrect.

    For our common sense, we should know what hypertension is, the normal range values for hypertension and its risk factors for hypertension.

    High blood pressure can cause heart disease, and hypertension is the underlying disease of many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications. Therefore, when people suffer from the disease of high blood pressure, they should pay great attention to prevent the emergence of diseases of other systems. High blood pressure, high arterial pressure in the systemic circulation for a long time, causes the heart to continue to contract, and forcefully pump blood out to feed the whole body.

    This increases the burden on the heart, and in severe cases, it can also change the structure and function of the heart. Early hypertensive heart function may be normal and there will be no obvious clinical symptoms. This time is the most difficult to spot.

    Therefore, it is still very necessary to have a physical examination on weekdays. If there are elderly people in the house, you can always have a device for high blood pressure and measure it once a day.

    As the disease progresses, the structural and functional changes of the heart become more severe, and the heart becomes larger and thicker. Clinical manifestations may also be obvious, such as palpitations, dyspnea on exertion, nocturnal restlessness, and sometimes heart failure. If the diagnosis of hypertension is found, it should be controlled by medication** and diet in a timely manner.

    If blood pressure is not controlled in time, or if it is unstable, many common complications can occur, such as left-sided heart failure, acute pulmonary edema, and atherosclerosis. When diagnosed with hypertension, for the sake of your health, you need to go to a regular hospital for a systematic comprehensive evaluation of drugs**. Don't blindly go to the pharmacy to buy medicine or take medicine indiscriminately.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Elevated blood pressure can cause heart muscle hypertrophy and cause heart disease, so we need to pay attention to our blood pressure so that we can have a healthy body.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    High blood pressure can be heart-threatening. Because high blood pressure can cause cardiovascular disease, it is naturally dangerous to the heart.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    High blood pressure is bad for the heart and can make the heart very uncomfortable. Therefore, the elderly with high blood pressure especially need to control their diet.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The main reason for high blood pressure is that the pressure in the blood is too high, and when the blood flow through the heart, it will easily cause cardiac arrest, or the heart beats too fast.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    At present, hypertension is no longer a geriatric disease, and the generation of hypertension has a tendency to slowly reduce the age. Therefore, we need to be vigilant and try to avoid the occurrence of high blood pressure.

    Hypertension is generally classified as primary and secondary. Either way, we need to pay full attention to it in our daily lives. There are several ways to deal with high blood pressure.

    First, eat a healthy diet that is low in oil and salt. In terms of diet, try to eat low-oil and low-salt foods. Second, pay attention to daily physical examination.

    Participate in regular physical examinations, be vigilant about blood lipids and blood pressure, etc., and go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination as soon as possible once a problem is found. Third, reduce bad habits such as staying up late, and increase physical exercise to enhance the body's resistance and immunity.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    I don't think high blood pressure is a geriatric disease, because of the disease of high blood pressure, now um, it is already the age of the advanced, well, we used to always think that the elderly are the kind of resistance decline, and then it is not digested well, so it is easy to get high blood pressure, and because of the fatter food, so it is easy to get three highs, but now many young people, their diet is irregular, stay up late and are stressful, plus they overeat, do not pay attention to health, so they are particularly prone to high blood pressure, Now some young people, they also get high blood pressure.

    High blood pressure in advance.

    Hypertension.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    No. Most people with high blood pressure do not have a definite **, and it is mostly related to many factors such as genetics (both parents have high blood pressure), poor lifestyle (high-salt diet, less movement and more sitting, etc.) and environment. A small percentage of high blood pressure may be caused by other diseases or medications.

    It is generally caused by the following reasons. 1: Older age.

    2: Excessive alcohol consumption, or large consumption of alcoholic beverages. 3:

    High-salt diet (salt intake >5 g day). 4: The diet is low in potassium, magnesium and calcium, and lacks folic acid.

    5: Obesity. Lack of physical activity or physical activity.

    6: Frequently under great mental stress. 7:

    Have a family history of high blood pressure, in which a parent (parent, or parent) has high blood pressure in the family. 8: Have sleep apnea syndrome or sleep-disordered breathing.

    Long-term use of certain medications such as naproxen, ibuprofen, oral contraceptives, ephedrine, licorice, etc. Therefore, hypertension is not a geriatric disease, just because there is a problem with everyone's understanding, of course, the probability of the elderly getting this disease will be a little greater. I recommend eating heart-healthy foods.

    Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C and potassium, adopt a low-fat, low-salt, low-sugar diet, eat foods rich in potassium, and supplement folic acid appropriately.

    Prescribe medication to the doctor.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    High blood pressure is caused by bad lifestyle habits: heavy taste, smoking and drinking, high fat intake, lack of exercise, mental stress, etc.

    1.Too much salt: The sodium ions of sodium chloride have the effect of absorbing water, absorbing water from the body and cells into the blood vessels, increasing the water capacity, resulting in an increase in blood pressure.

    2.Obesity: There is a high incidence in obese people.

    3.Heredity: About half of people with high blood pressure have a family history.

    4.Mental stress: Noisy working environment and overly stressful mental work are all prone to high blood pressure, and the incidence of high pressure in urban areas is higher than in rural areas.

    5.Alcohol consumption: Alcohol can cause high blood pressure, aggravate high blood pressure, and damage the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels.

    6.Smoking: Tobacco has a high content of nicotine and trace element cadmium, inhaling too much nicotine and cadmium can lead to an increase in blood pressure, which can seriously lead to coronary heart disease, smoking an ordinary cigarette can increase systolic blood pressure (10 30mmHg), long-term heavy smoking, excessive smoking degenerates the smooth muscle of the arteriole wall, and the intima of the blood vessels gradually thickens and forms arteriolar sclerosis.

    7.Fats: There is too much cholesterol in animal fat, because the lining of the blood vessels is destroyed, so the cholesterol deposits are blocked in the blood vessels, which will cause atherosclerosis, hard blood vessels, and then the blood vessels will narrow, and the blood pressure will rise.

    8.Lack of exercise: Because regular exercise will cause the blood vessels to dilate, so that the elasticity of the blood vessels will be enhanced, which is conducive to lowering blood pressure. Be careful not to practice too early in the morning after 8 o'clock.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Hello, as far as I know, hypertension is not a "geriatric disease". In recent years, the incidence of hypertension has shown a trend of younger people, with a significant increase in patients aged 40 to 45, and the prevalence of hypertension among young people over 18 years old has been as high as more than 30% in recent years. The main reason is due to the change of living habits, the diet is mainly fatty and sweet, eating too much greasy and sugary food and beverages, overeating, high-salt diet, smoking and drinking, etc., too little exercise leads to obesity, resulting in high blood lipids, leading to high blood pressure.

    Secondly, high mental stress and excessive tension can lead to sympathetic nerve excitement and increased adrenal gland activity leading to high blood pressure. In addition, some young people have irregular lives, often look at the computer to surf the Internet, stay up late to play mahjong, look at the mobile phone for too long, etc., and do not pay attention to rest, these bad habits will cause high blood pressure.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    High blood pressure is not a disease of old age.

    Hypertension can occur at any age. High blood pressure is now younger. It is not a disease unique to the elderly. It's just that older people will have a little more high blood pressure.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    On current trends, hypertension is not considered a disease of old age. The incidence of hypertension is also getting younger year by year, in the past, there were more hypertension over 65 years old, and now there are many hypertension in 30 and 40 years old.

    1. Hypertension is increasing year by year; Clause.

    2. Hypertension is getting younger year by year; Clause.

    Third, the hypertension of Chinese is salt-sensitive hypertension, that is, too much salt intake has a direct causal relationship with the occurrence of hypertension.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Hypertension is not a geriatric disease, hypertension is regardless of age, there may be hypertension at every age, but there are few hypertension at a young age, and the probability of hypertension in older people will be higher, mainly because of arteriosclerosis and poor blood, so hypertension is more common in the elderly.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Hypertension is not a geriatric disease, now hypertension has become more and more common, and it is getting younger and younger So now enough, blood pressure is no longer a geriatric disease, anyone can get it Even I am a child is prone to high blood pressure, not just because of old age, but because you have a problem with your blood vessels, you will also get high blood pressure, or if you have heart problems, you will also be prone to high blood pressure, so it is not simply a geriatric disease.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Is high blood pressure a geriatric disease? It is not a disease of old age. Now, with the improvement of people's living standards, life is stressful and fast-paced.

    Young people, there are many people who have high blood pressure now, in their twenties and thirties. Previously it was high blood pressure jealousy in the elderly. Therefore, hypertension is now a worldwide problem, especially in China, where there are many hypertension patients, accounting for about 30% of the total population.

    High blood pressure can cause many diseases in Hanzhong. It is very harmful to people's health.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Hypertension is not a geriatric disease, and the trend of hypertension at a younger age is becoming more and more obvious. Modern people have a complex diet and poor living habits, and if there are potential risk factors for a family history of hypertension, if it is not paid attention to in the early stage, the onset of hypertension will be advanced. High blood pressure and obesity are a pair of bad brothers, young people like fast food, sweets and other high-calorie foods, then the risk of high blood pressure will also be greatly increased, staying up late, work disorders will also cause blood pressure to rise.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Hypertension is not a disease of old age, and now many young people do not control their diet reasonably, arrange rest reasonably, often stay up late, and drink high-sugar and high-fat drinks, which can easily cause hypertension.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    Headache, head swelling, nausea and vomiting, tinnitus, forgetfulness, insomnia, and boredom are not directly caused by hypertension, but are caused by neurological dysfunction and are not clinically specific.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    The symptoms are that your hands will tremble unconsciously, and then you may faint, and you will feel weak, and sometimes you will have a headache immediately after eating some greasy food, which are all symptoms of high blood pressure.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    The probability of the elderly suffering from high blood pressure is very high, if the elderly often experience dizziness or blurred vision, it is likely that the blood pressure is high, and you must go to the hospital for examination.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    You will feel dizzy and nauseous, lose your appetite, sometimes be confused, and you will be very tired, and even faint.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    Because the body's metabolic function is not as good as before as it gets older. At the same time, it is also easy to suffer from some diseases.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    Because the elderly have a slower metabolism when they get older, and various chronic diseases will come to them, so they are prone to high blood pressure.

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    The main reason is that the blood circulation of the elderly is relatively slow, and the overall metabolism is also slow, which leads to high blood pressure.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    This is mainly because of the elderly, because due to the hardening of the arteries, coupled with high blood lipid cholesterol, it is easy to lead to high blood pressure, resulting in headaches and dizziness. In severe cases, it can also lead to rupture of blood vessels. In this case, we must pay attention to the diet, eat less animal offal, low-salt and low-fat diet, and you can take some drugs such as captopril appropriately, which can help lower blood pressure.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    Because of the low amount of activity of the elderly, lack of exercise, poor elasticity of blood vessels, lack of nutrients, and long-term lack of attention to rest or genetic reasons, it is easy to cause the elderly to suffer from hypertension.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    The risk of hypertension in elderly patients is relatively high, and the harm of hypertension in the elderly is mainly related to the acceleration of atherosclerosis, causing damage to target organs, such as the heart, brain, kidney and other organ dysfunction. For the heart, long-term hypertension can lead to a decrease in the systolic and diastolic function of the heart, causing cardiac insufficiency. Brain damage is mainly caused by stroke, which is the most common complication of hypertension, including cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction.

    In addition, long-term hypertension can lead to renal damage, chronic renal insufficiency and aortic dissection. The mortality and disability rate of elderly patients with hypertension is significantly higher than that of adults, which shows that the harm of hypertension in the elderly is very great, so when someone has symptoms of hypertension in the elderly, it is the best choice to actively cooperate with the doctor to carry out the relevant **. At the same time, we should also pay attention to some daily conditioning in life.

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