Hypertension in the medical outbreak rate is getting higher and higher, is no longer the exclusive disease of the elderly, as a chronic disease, is developing towards the trend of rejuvenation, and there are many people in life do not know their blood pressure has increased phenomenon.
If you are in a state of hypertension for a long time, if you do not control it, it will cause hypertensive complications, common cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, dead stroke and so on.
Potassium as an indispensable nutrient in the body, long-term use of antihypertensive drugs will lead to the loss of potassium in the body, if the lack of potassium will affect normal physiological activities, reduce the activity of enzymes, so that the body's heat tolerance declines, resulting in people feel weak and weak.
When the body is seriously lacking potassium, it will lead to imbalance in the balance of sodium and alkali in the body, disorders in the metabolic system, induce arrhythmias, myocardial weakness, especially for patients with hypertension, and potassium should be supplemented for the body in time.
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What causes blood pressure to rise?
1. Genetic causes
Hypertension as a clinical genetic condition, if the parents are often in high blood pressure, then the risk of high blood pressure will gradually increase, according to medical surveys show that among many diagnosed hypertension patients, nearly half of them have a genetic history of hypertension.
2, the mood is stressful
If the mood is in negative emotions for a long time, excessive psychological pressure will also cause a burden of blood circulation, affect the circulation of the inner wall of blood vessels, and increase the risk of high blood pressure.
3, there is no reasonable combination of diet
In the folk, people regard high blood pressure as a rich disease, mainly because of the close connection with the daily director, if you often eat some big fish and meat, it will also lead to an increase in fat substances in the body, causing the pressure on the inner wall of blood vessels to rise.
For Chinese, they prefer to eat some heavy food, and use too much salt, high sugar, high calorie, high fat, and high fat foods for a long time, which will cause the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases to rise.
4. Long-term smoking and drinking
Smoking and drinking as an unhealthy behavior in life, long-term smoking or drinking too much alcohol will cause thickening of the inner wall of the arteriovenous tube to endanger health, the appearance of arterial capillary hospitalization hardening and thrombosis, increase the risk of high blood pressure.
5. Aging factors
With the increase of age, the function of various organs of the body will gradually decline, blood circulation will also be affected, blood will become more viscous, the risk of cardiovascular disease will increase when people are old, and there is a close connection between increased blood pressure and aging.
6. Obesity
Excessive obesity is also one of the causes of hypertension, according to the experience of American medical researchers found that for every 10 kg increase in body weight, the diastolytic pressure will rise relatively by 10 to 15 mm Hg, and the tensile pressure will rise by 5 to 10 mm Hg.
7. Affected by drugs
If people take health supplements or other drugs for a long time, it will also increase the risk of high blood pressure, so that the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems are in an unfavorable state.
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High blood pressure or fear of potassium deficiency? Why supplement with potassium?
People with hypertension limit the same importance as potassium supplementation, which is mainly because to maintain the body's sodium and potassium, balance potassium ions inside the cell, sodium ions outside the cell, potassium and sodium are balanced together, more conducive to the stability of osmotic pressure inside and outside the cell, water and pH balance can replace the excess sodium ions in the body, effectively stabilize blood pressure.
Potassium helps reduce swelling and diuresis, promotes the excretion of sodium ions in the body, helps to stabilize blood pressure, prevents hypertension phenomena, maintains blood vessel and kidney health, and reduces the risk of other complications.
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People who take antihypertensive drugs for a long time may wish to eat 3 kinds of "high potassium foods" often.
1. Seaweed
According to medical research, nori is rich in potassium, in each 100 grams of seaweed, the content of potassium can be as high as 1795 mg, which is a very high one in vegetables, and seaweed helps to supplement the body with high-quality protein vitamins, which is good for human health.
2. Tofu skin
Tofu skin is made of soybeans, but also a common soy product in life is rich in high-quality protein, amino acid amino acid structure is particularly similar to the human body, help to promote gastrointestinal absorption and digestion, often some can improve the body's immunity and resistance.
In addition, the small tofu skin is also rich in a lot of potassium, in each 100 grams of tofu skin is rich in about 875 mg of potassium, long-term use of antihypertensive drugs for the elderly may wish to eat more soy products.
Strengthen the peristalsis speed of the stomach and intestines, prolong life for the body to supplement potassium, digestion and absorption speed is fast, more help to stabilize blood pressure, prevent cardiovascular diseases.
3. Bananas
As a common tropical fruit in daily life, bananas have a fresh taste, strong smell, sweet and gorgeous, rich in high nutritional value, and are suitable for all ages.
The pulp, skin, and root of bananas all have medicinal value, as a medicinal and food homologous food, rich in potassium, about 335 mg of potassium per 100 grams of bananas, patients with hypertension may wish to eat more.
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What happens when the body is deficient in potassium?
1. Gastrointestinal disorders
Specific manifestations are bloating, nausea, vomiting, constipation and decreased appetite, and some patients may have paralytic intestinal obstruction or edema of the intestinal mucosa.
2. Arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation
When the body is deficient in potassium, it will lead to arrhythmias, beat-heart speed, atrial fibrillation and other phenomena in patients.
3. Leg cramps
Potassium is very critical for the human body, existing in the body's various cells, not only will participate in the metabolic breakdown of proteins and sugars, and even maintain the normal contraction of muscles, when the body lacks potassium, there will also be leg cramps.
4. Weakness of limbs and exhaustion of the body
When the patient lacks potassium in the body, it will show a state of fever, even if it does not do too much physical work, it will feel physical weakness, and if the situation is serious, simple activities are difficult to bear.
We must take into account whether the body lacks potassium, especially the elderly who take antihypertensive drugs for a long time, and pay more attention.
5. Chest tightness and shortness of breath
Long-term use of antihypertensive drugs of hypertension patients, if the lack of potassium in the body, to a certain extent will affect the normal work of the heart, long-term lack of potassium, will also cause chest tightness and shortness of breath, if there is a sudden unexplained chest tightness shortness of breath, to increase vigilance, if you continue to let it go, it will even cause other diseases.
Moreover, when the blood pressure of hypertensive patients is elevated, it will cause vascular abnormalities and cause other complications, especially cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are more serious.
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