Every autumn and winter, there are many middle-aged and elderly people who will willingly take out their wallets to do one thing: infusion to clean up blood vessels!
The idea that infusions clean up blood vessels and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases has been around for a long time. Many people believe that the reason why blood clots occur is because there is too much "garbage" in the blood vessels.
In the process of infusion, the liquid can play a role in flushing the blood vessels, so that the garbage and metabolic waste in the blood are discharged from the body with the infusion, and then play the effect of dredging and maintaining the blood vessels.
So the question is, does the infusion really have such a miraculous effect, and what exactly is the garbage in the blood vessels?
First of all, we must understand that the basis for the emergence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is actually atherosclerosis and plaque formation, which is the main cause of coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction and peripheral vascular disease.
The factors that promote atherosclerosis are quite complex, and so far they have not been fully elucidated, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, aging, heavy smoking and alcoholism, genetic genes and other aspects, which work together to eventually form atherosclerosis.
Usually, atherosclerosis mostly starts from the intima, generally there is a accumulation of lipids and complex sugars, bleeding and thrombosis gradually formed, and then develops into fibrous tissue hyperplasia, calcium sedimentation, and there is a gradual metamorphosis and calcification of the middle layer of the artery, resulting in the patient's arterial wall gradually thickening, hardening, and the vascular cavity becoming more and more narrow.
Because the lipids accumulated in the arterial lining appear yellow atherosclerosis, it is called atherosclerosis in the clinic. As atherosclerosis continues to develop, the patient's vascular lumen becomes more and more narrow, and plaque gradually forms on the artery wall. Once the plaque falls off and a blood clot is formed, it will block the arterial cavity, causing a sudden brain or myocardial infarction.
After identifying the so-called garbage in the blood vessels, let's see if the infusion can play a role in unclogging the blood vessels!
The so-called intravenous infusion to dredge blood vessels, in fact, the main component is glucose, saline and other drugs, it does not use drugs that unclog blood vessels. It appears that the liquid enters the bloodstream, diluting the viscosity of the blood. However, these liquids will then be quickly metabolized by various systems of the body, and the blood viscosity will return to normal levels, and it will not have the effect of scouring the blood vessels at all.
Moreover, presumably, everyone should have seen the scene of the rupture of the arterial blood vessel in the war movie, after the patient's blood vessel rupture, the blood will immediately squirt out, the thicker the arterial blood vessel, the faster the spraying speed.
But even at such a high flow rate, there will still be thrombosis due to the action of the coagulation system in the body and the body's self-protection mechanism. How can a little fluid delivered to the veins play a role in preventing blood vessel blockage and unclogging blood vessels?
Know that once atherosclerosis is formed, it is irreversible. For patients, what they can do is actively control the further development of the disease, that is, actively treat the primary disease, such as controlling blood pressure and lipid growth, taking anticoagulant drugs, and so on. Only in this way can the lumen of the artery be prevented from becoming more and more narrow.
All in all, the so-called infusion to unclog blood vessels is actually an IQ tax. Instead of wasting money and energy on infusions, it is better to strictly follow the doctor's recommendations for the treatment of primary diseases, especially patients who have hypertension, there should be good medication compliance, only in this way can delay the further development of atherosclerosis.