In the face of disease distress, timely implementation of drug treatment is currently the most widely used medical means.
However, for the necessity of taking drugs on time, many people do not understand enough, especially when it is necessary to take drugs for a long time, many people will choose to stop the drug privately out of concern for side effects, and this wrong practice must be corrected in time.
In fact, for patients and friends with the following four types of special diseases, if they reduce or stop drugs without permission, it is easy to cause serious adverse effects on their health.
1. Hypothyroidism
According to the different causative factors, hypothyroidism, that is, hypothyroidism mentioned in people's daily lives, can be divided into two categories: primary hypothyroidism and secondary hypothyroidism.
Among them, primary hypothyroidism, also known as thyroid hypothyroidism, refers to lesions due to the thyroid gland itself;
Insufficient production of thyroid hormones or weakened thyroid hormones, such as hypothyroidism due to autoimmune diseases, hyperthyroid radioactive iodine therapy, or thyroid surgery.
Primary hypothyroidism is the most common class of hypothyroidism and usually requires long-term medication to effectively restore thyroid hormone levels, such as daily doses of levothyroxine (L-T4).
Levothyroxine is a synthetic thyroid hormone, as long as the reasonable dosage is selected according to the actual condition of the patient, then there will be basically no side effects, but remember not to stop the drug at will.
Otherwise, with the continuous aggravation of hypothyroidism, the light will lead to fatigue, chills, loss of appetite, and the heavy will cause pericardial effusion, heart failure or mucoedema coma, and it is likely to lead to a significant increase in the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
2. Hypertension
Regardless of whether blood pressure rises or not, patients with hypertension need to complete antihypertensive drugs on time and in quantity. Because the purpose of taking antihypertensive drugs is mainly to prevent the problem before it is remedied.
Therefore, if you stop the drug privately because the blood pressure is temporarily stable, it is easy to cause excessive increase in blood pressure due to untimely medication, which will have a very large adverse effect on the function of the organs.
3. Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in life, and in the case of diabetes, it is also necessary to take medication on time and for a long time.
This is mainly because only when the drug is taken on time can the blood sugar be effectively maintained, so as to avoid complications that are too serious due to excessive blood sugar, such as diabetic foot, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy.
4. Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease is short for coronary atherosclerotic heart disease and is fairly common in everyday life.
The harm caused by coronary heart disease to human health is very serious, mainly because in the case of coronary heart disease, it means that the coronary arteries have narrowing or blockage problems.
Once this induces insufficient blood supply to the heart, it can lead to palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, chest tightness and chest pain, and severe acute myocardial infarction, if rescue is not timely, it can lead to death.
Therefore, for patients with coronary heart disease, it is also very necessary to follow the doctor's instructions and take medication on time. Because only by actively receiving drug treatment can we effectively curb the deterioration of the disease, so as to avoid life-threatening due to insufficient blood supply to the heart.
The above are the introduction of four common diseases that require long-term medication and cannot be stopped without permission. For such knowledge, we must pay more attention to it.
Especially for patients and friends who have been plagued by the above four types of diseases, in order to effectively ensure their health, they must strictly follow the doctor's instructions and complete the medication on time and in quantity.
Don't take a chance and think that even if you stop the drug occasionally, you don't have to be too nervous, this wrong practice is actually quite dangerous.