If you are diligent in your life, you will find that hypertensive diseases have a certain tendency to gather in families, many families have high blood pressure in both parents, and the next generation often has hypertension, and the age of onset is relatively early.
As a result, everyone naturally associates hypertension with genetic factors and arbitrarily believes that it is a genetic disease.
It cannot be denied that hypertension does have obvious familial aggregation and genetic predisposition, about 60% of hypertensive patients have a family history, and 30 to 50% of hypertensive patients have a genetic background.
However, this is not the only factor in the emergence of hypertension, in fact, many bad living and eating habits are also associated with the incidence of hypertension.
In clinical view, the so-called family aggregation of hypertension, in addition to being related to genetic genes, is also related to the long-term common living environment of the family, the same eating habits, and the mutual influence of personality.
When we can't change the genetics, we can only start from the day after tomorrow to prevent, away from the following four bad habits is necessary:
1. Smoking: relevant research surveys show that nearly 75% of all patients with hypertension have a long-term smoking history.
In all deaths from cardiovascular disease, 30 to 40% have a bad habit of long-term smoking.
The reason for this is that harmful substances when cigarettes are burned will damage vascular endothelial cells, and at the same time, in the process of smoking, they will also promote the secretion of hormones such as epinephrine and catecholamines, resulting in arterial vascular spasm, contraction, increased vascular pressure, and increased blood pressure.
Not only that, but the carbon monoxide in cigarettes also weakens the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen, accelerating the development of atherosclerosis;
2, eat too salty: the main component of salt is actually sodium chloride, it enters the body, will precipitate a certain amount of sodium ions. Under normal circumstances, sodium ions are one of the essential elements of the human body.
However, if the intake of sodium ions exceeds the standard, it has the effect of absorbing water after entering the blood, and then gradually develops into water and sodium retention, and the formation of a hypertonic environment in the blood vessels will not only increase the burden on the heart, but also cause imbalance in plasma osmolality and increase blood pressure.
Relevant research and investigations have shown that long-term intake of sodium salt exceeds the standard, which is one of the main risk factors for the emergence of hypertension in mainland residents;
3, long-term alcoholism: alcohol has the effect of dilating blood vessels, in the process of drinking, the blood vessels on the surface of the body will dilate, blood pressure showed a downward trend.
But this does not mean that alcoholism does not cause high blood pressure, because the reaction it causes a drop in blood pressure is temporary, and about 4-5 hours after drinking, blood pressure will rise again.
Not only that, alcohol tends to stimulate sympathetic nervous system and cause a rapid heartbeat, which further increases blood pressure.
And alcohol will damage the endothelium of blood vessels, accelerate the formation of atherosclerosis, a long-term heavy alcoholism, the probability of high blood pressure will also increase significantly;
4, anxious and irritable: If a person cannot control his emotions, he will become a "slave" dominated by emotions. Not only that, but there are relevant research surveys that show that emotions and illness are also closely linked.
If a person is long-term nervous, easy to agitate anxiety, anxiety, irritability, and not timely regulation, it will cause blood pressure increase due to the secretion of hormones such as epinephrine and catecholamines, and in the long run, high blood pressure is also easy to find itself.
In addition to the above four bad habits, long-term eating of high-fat foods, obesity, and continuous aging are all high-risk causes of high blood pressure.
In daily life, everyone should stay away from unhealthy living and eating habits. It should be emphasized that if you have a family history of hypertension, not only do you have to change your life behavior, but it is also necessary to seek regular medical treatment for related physical examinations.