High blood pressure and diabetes are very similar, and the real scary thing about both of them is not the primary symptoms themselves, but the complications caused by the primary symptoms.
In the early stage of hypertension, physical symptoms are not easy to be found, such as the spasm of arterioles throughout the body without symptoms, and the vast majority of hypertensive patients are discovered by chance during a physical examination.
If the disease has not been found, and there is no active treatment for blood pressure, as the patient's condition continues to develop and is severe, the fine arteries will gradually harden, and there will be obvious lipid deposition in the lining of the medium and large arteries, and atherosclerotic plaques and thrombuses will gradually form. This change mostly occurs in the coronary, cerebral, eye and renal arteries.
That is to say, high blood pressure has no symptoms, does not mean that it is not harmful, it will slowly destroy the patient's heart, brain and kidneys and other organs, which is known in the clinic as the invisible killer of health.
As the disease progresses, patients may have retinal atherosclerosis, fundus changes, and gradual lesions of the retina. Clinically, nearly 70% of patients with primary hypertension have different degrees of retinopathy.
So the question is, retinopathy is so terrible, how to prevent it is the right thing to do?
1. Control blood pressure
Why retinopathy occurs, in the final analysis, is caused by improper blood pressure control. Therefore, for patients diagnosed with essential hypertension, the first thing to do is to actively adjust their life and dietary status to see if their blood pressure has decreased.
Once the blood pressure continues to rise, it should be taken according to the doctor's recommendation to take the relevant blood pressure lowering drugs, measure the blood pressure every day, see if the blood pressure gradually returns to stability, only after the blood pressure drops, the probability of complications will be minimized;
2. Diet regulation
The control of hypertension is comprehensive, even if the patient has begun to control the medication, it is necessary to pay more attention to the diet, because hypertension may be combined with dyslipidemia, blood sugar rise and other problems.
Therefore, after being diagnosed with hypertension, patients should not only reduce the intake of sodium salts, but also reduce the intake of carbs and high-fat foods. Try to choose a light, nutritionally balanced diet type, and mix appropriate whole grains in staple foods to reduce the chance of complications;
3. Life regulation
In addition to the above two points, patients should also pay attention to the adjustment of life to avoid all risk factors that lead to increased blood pressure, such as the need to quit smoking, alcohol, maintain adequate sleep and emotional stability.
At the same time, within the scope of physical conditions, patients can also carry out appropriate physical exercise, exercise can not only control weight gain, but also promote blood circulation, improve retinal blood circulation, and reduce the chance of complications. In clinical view, jogging, brisk walking, swimming and tai chi are all aerobic exercises suitable for patients with hypertension;
4. Regular inspection
In addition to paying attention to blood pressure changes on a daily basis, hypertensive patients also need to seek regular medical attention to carry out relevant review work, especially if necessary, fundus examination, so that they can understand the blood pressure control situation, but also timely find retinopathy, and make active control and treatment for it in the early stage, so as to minimize the serious consequences.
Written in the end: Hypertension so far, there is no complete cure, even if there are constantly new drugs, but basically for the control of blood pressure, rather than the eradication of hypertension. Therefore, in clinical view, as long as it is diagnosed with hypertension, long-term, or even lifelong treatment is required to reduce the possibility of complications.