In China, there is about one patient with high blood pressure in every three adults.High blood pressure is not only present in the elderly, but also in children and adolescents, pregnant women and young people. High blood pressure is often called “silent killer”. Most patients can come on without any symptoms, and the long-term pressure of blood vessel wall that is higher than normal will lead to coronary heart disease and stroke. High blood pressure is a disease that can be controlled but must be treated for life. It is mainly controlled by improving lifestyle and drug treatment. In addition to heredity and age, high blood pressure is mainly related to poor lifestyle. So, what unhealthy lifestyle can cause high blood pressure?

1. High salt and fat food

Salt intake is closely related to high blood pressuren. Research has found that when the intake of potassium and calcium in the diet is insufficient or the proportion of sodium is increased, high blood pressure is easy to occur. High potassium and high calcium diet can reduce the incidence rate of high blood pressure. In recent years, people have attached great importance to the antihypertensive effect of potassium in diet. The study found that daily intake of 5~7g potassium can reduce systolic blood pressure by 4~9mm Hg, and can also reduce the mortality of high blood pressure complications. For patients with high blood pressure, increasing the intake of food potassium can diuretic, increase the excretion of sodium and cholesterol, increase the elasticity of blood vessels, and reduce blood pressure.

The incidence of dyslipidemia in middle-aged and elderly people is high. Eating more high-fat diet is easy to promote vascular aging. In addition, middle-aged and elderly people have less activity, poor digestion and absorption function, and suffer from high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis. Therefore, middle-aged and elderly people need to reduce fat intake in their diet, especially animal fat. The daily fat supply of middle-aged and elderly people accounts for 20%~30% of the total daily calories. The dietary oil for the middle-aged and the elderly is mainly vegetable oil, which contains more unsaturated fatty acids. Unsaturated fatty acids are easier to burn than saturated fatty acids, and can also accelerate the decomposition of cholesterol into cholic acid, which is conducive to reducing blood cholesterol content.

2. Smoking and drinking

Smoking is one of the important factors to promote high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. For a large number of smokers, the incidence rate of malignant high blood pressure has significantly increased, which will also increase the risk of sudden death from coronary heart disease. The study found that the incidence rate of stroke and coronary heart disease in long-term smoking patients with high blood pressure was 2-3 times higher than that in non-smoking patients.

A small amount of alcohol consumption per day has no acute effect on human blood pressure, but long-term heavy drinking will significantly increase the incidence rate of high blood pressure, and is positively correlated with the amount of alcohol consumption. Long-term heavy drinking, increased systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Those who drink 100 ml of alcohol every day have three times the death rate of high blood pressure and stroke compared with those who do not drink. The increase of blood pressure caused by alcohol may be related to the stimulation of glucocorticoids and catecholamines in the body by alcohol, which further enhances the effects of angiotensin, vasopressin and aldosterone, and increases blood pressure. Regular drinking will affect the efficacy of antihypertensive drugs and make high blood pressure difficult to control.

3. sedentary and lack of exercise

Nowadays, many people do not eat at home, talk about important things around the table all day, have few sports activities and are not alert to their own fat. In the long run, it will lead to constipation, fatty liver, high triglyceride, abnormal blood sugar and high blood pressure. Fat people are about 4 times more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than ordinary people, and even 3/4 of them suffer from high blood pressure due to obesity.

4. Stay up late for a long time

Staying up late may be something that many people often do. Many people have the habit of nightlife, and often staying up late will make their mental state appear tired and tense. In a long time, it is easy to make the blood flow blocked, which will lead to high blood pressure.

The following aspects can be taken to prevent high blood pressure:

1. Reduce sodium salt intake: the daily salt intake of each person should be controlled below 6g, and the intake of potassium should be appropriately increased. Potassium can promote the excretion of sodium, such as bananas, oranges, bean products, kelp, seaweed, which are all foods containing potassium.

2. Reasonable diet: reduce the intake of red meat and animal fat, and eat more meat rich in unsaturated fatty acids, such as fish, seafood, etc.

3. Weight control: make the body mass index<24, the waist circumference of men is recommended to be controlled below 90cm, and the waist circumference of women is recommended to be controlled below 85cm.

4. Quit smoking: Avoid secondhand smoke.

5. Limit alcohol: It is recommended not to drink or limit alcohol consumption.

6. Increase sports: mainly with moderate intensity, such as cycling, walking, swimming, play badminton, etc. It is better to sweat slightly, 4-7 times a week, lasting 30-60 minutes each time.

7. Reduce mental pressure: maintain psychological balance.

8. Regular blood pressure monitoring: if the average value of family self-measured blood pressure is greater than 135-85mmHg for a period of time, it indicates that the patient may have high blood pressure, and it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment in time.

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Cardiovascular health is very important for people, especially for the elderly. It not only affects people’s health, but also endangers people’s lives if it develops seriously. So, what are the hazards of vascular diseases?

1. It causes the body to form a large number of free radicals and damages human cells. If there is a large amount of free and deposition of lipid substances in human blood, it will increase the body’s oxygen consumption, and form lipid oxidation free radicals through oxidation, which are free in the plasma, and damage the body’s cells, causing cell death and aging, leading to human aging and cell function damage.

2. Harm microcirculation perfusion in circulatory system. A large number of low-density lipoprotein and chyle particles in the body are free and deposited in the blood, reducing the flow rate of blood, increasing the viscosity of blood, making the capillaries of microcirculation stagnant, and reducing the electrophoretic ability and deformability of red blood cells.

3. Once high blood pressure is formed in the human body after stroke, the blood vessels will often spasm, the endothelium will be damaged after hardening, leading to rupture, forming hemorrhagic stroke, and the cerebral blood vessels will be blocked in the state of thrombosis, leading to cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism.

4. A large amount of lipid protein is deposited in the plasma, which reduces the blood flow velocity. After oxidation, it is deposited in the arterial endothelium, which is adhered to the vascular wall for a long time, damaging the arterial endothelium and forming vascular sclerosis.

5. Cause human body: cause the pH value of human body to be weakly acidic and the body to be acidified. There is a large amount of free lipoprotein in plasma, which is easy to oxidize and rancidity, acidify human body fluid, and is easy to be attacked by viruses and bacteria, affecting the decomposition and dissociation of bone calcium, leading to calcium deficiency and osteoporosis.

6. When human long-term hyperlipidemia forms atherosclerosis, coronary artery blood flow decreases, vascular lumen narrows, and myocardial blood flow decreases, leading to myocardial ischemia, angina pectoris and coronary heart disease.

7. It is the disorder of the secretion and regulation system in the body that causes the body fat and blood fat to exceed the normal standard. Too much fat in the blood accumulates around the subcutaneous and blood vessel walls, resulting in an oversupply of body fat and obesity.

8. Liver function damage Long-term hyperlipidemia will lead to fatty liver, liver atherosclerotic damage, liver lobular damage, and structural changes, and then lead to cirrhosis and damage liver function.

• After hypertension forms atherosclerosis in the body, it will cause myocardial dysfunction, activate a large number of angiotensin-converting enzymes, promote vasospasm, induce adrenal secretion of vasopressin, and cause blood pressure to rise.

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Now more and more people are becoming patients with cardiovascular diseases, especially some older people, who are particularly worried about developing cardiovascular diseases. In fact, there are some signs of cardiovascular disease before it comes on. A careful understanding of these signs can take preventive measures as soon as possible.

Eight signs of cardiovascular disease:

1. Lower limb edema and gradually ascending, palpitation, shortness of breath, and difficulty in movement are symptoms of chronic cardiac insufficiency;

2. Climbing stairs, carrying heavy objects, overwork, excessive drinking, and depression and squeezing pain in the precordial area when emotional excitement;

3. On weekdays, hands and feet are cold, and lips are blue. Traditional Chinese medicine says that deficiency of blood may be a sign of myocardial infarction;

4. After falling asleep, he woke up suddenly due to chest tightness and shortness of breath, then coughed frequently, shortness of breath aggravated, and coughed up red foam like sputum, most of whom suffered from rheumatic heart disease or high heart disease;

5. In young adults, after catching a cold or diarrhea, the whole body is tired, and when walking, the heart is flustered and shortness of breath, and the pulse is more than 100 times or less than 60 times per minute when calm, or the speed is uneven, which may lead to viral myocarditis;

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6. Many people are experiencing a life-and-death angina pectoris when their chest is distended a few days or a month before the heart attack, but they mistakenly think it is indigestion;

7. There was reflex chest pain accompanied by pain in the left wrist, neck and left back, but it was mistaken for 50 shoulders. In fact, this means that 70% to 80% of at least one important artery has been blocked. If you are angry and anxious again, the artery may spasm and narrow by 100% within one minute, and you will die suddenly on the spot because of the blockage of cardio-cerebral blood vessels;

8. People with one or more of the following characteristics are at high risk of coronary heart disease, such as smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, long-term lack of exercise, obesity or overweight,high blood viscosity, women over 60 years old or men over 65 years old.

Patients with cardiovascular diseases need to eat more corn, kelp, eggplant and other foods in their diet, because these foods can reduce the harm caused by such diseases. In addition, patients need to properly increase their amount of exercise at ordinary times. More exercise is more beneficial to health. Finally, stay away from bad habits such as smoking, drinking and staying up late.

Cardio-cerebrovascular disease is a common disease that seriously threatens human beings, especially the middle-aged and elderly people over 50 years old. It has the characteristics of high morbidity, high disability rate and high mortality. Even with the most advanced and perfect treatment methods, more than 50% of the survivors of cerebrovascular accidents can not fully take care of themselves. The number of people who die from cardio-cerebrovascular disease every year in the world is up to 15 million, ranking the first among all causes of death.

When winter comes, the cold weather will make blood vessels constrict and heart beat faster, which will make cardiovascular disease more likely. There are many symptoms of cardiovascular diseases. The main common symptoms include chest tightness, chest pain, palpitation, edema, headache, dizziness, decreased activity tolerance, dyspnea, syncope, and other symptoms include cyanosis, cough, dizziness, upper abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, etc. Some are also accompanied by fatigue, decreased appetite, fever, expectoration and other symptoms. How to prevent middle-aged and elderly people in their daily life?

1. Healthy diet

Eat more vegetables, fruits, grains and other high-fiber foods, reduce the intake of high-fat and high-sugar foods, control salt and oil, and use vegetable oil and other unsaturated fatty acid oils.

2. Regular movement

Regular physical activity can bring obvious health benefits, not only enhancing the heart and lung function, but also helping to relieve stress, improve mood and lower blood pressure.

Adhere to exercise for 1 hour every day, and the difference between heart rate and age is not more than 170, or the body sweats slightly without fatigue, and feels relaxed after exercise. Adhere to exercise for not less than 5 days every week, and persevere. In addition, sedentary behavior will increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, so you should avoid sitting, leaning and lying for a long time.

3. Weight control

Obesity is associated with increased risk of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart disease, stroke, and multiple cancers. For overweight and obese people, weight should be controlled through active lifestyle intervention, mainly including healthy diet and proper exercise. Weight is reduced by more than 5% from the initial stage, which can effectively improve blood pressure, blood lipids and blood sugar.

4. Cultivate good living habits

Smoking can damage almost every organ of the human body. Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can increase the risk of coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times, and the risk of cardiovascular events can be reduced by one third only by quitting smoking.

5. Regular monitoring

Middle-aged people over 45 years old, obese people, people with a family history of hyperlipidemia, people who often participate in entertainment, eating and drinking, and highly stressed workers are all high-risk objects. They should regularly (at least once a year) check blood lipids, blood pressure and other indicators.

There is a free heart rate monitor app – “AFibCheck“, which can be downloaded and used after searching in the mobile app store. It is simple and convenient to operate.