Nowadays, with the continuous acceleration of the pace of social life, people have to face more and more pressure, but long-term high pressure state, it is easy to promote their own blood circulation abnormalities, and then increase the probability of suffering from hypertension, once dealing with high blood pressure, then it is often necessary to control the blood pressure level in the body through long-term medication.
People often say that "it is a drug that is three parts poison", although the drug can control the disease to a certain extent, play a role in caring for their own health, but it often contains a certain amount of toxins, when taking antihypertensive drugs, the toxins contained in the drug are often excreted from the body in the form of urine, and in this way, the essential element we need in the body - potassium is easy to be insufficient, in this case, it will lead to abnormal blood pressure levels.
Therefore, for people who take antihypertensive drugs for a long time, they also need to pay special attention to their physical health in life.
1. Palpitation, chest tightness
For patients who take antihypertensive drugs for a long time, if there are a series of abnormal symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath and palpitation, then we must go to the hospital in time for relevant examinations, and communicate with our attending doctors.
If the patient is not concerned about this symptom, then it may induce a series of more serious symptoms such as irregular heartbeat, which will not only affect the blood circulation in the body, but also may cause breathing difficulties, which is more threatening to the patient's health.
For such patients, in daily life, you can try to consume as much potassium-rich foods as possible, such as apples, watermelon, etc., which may effectively reduce the frequency of symptoms such as chest tightness during medication.
2. Hay cough
Dry cough is actually a very normal emergency response of the human body, which can excrete foreign bodies from the human body and reduce the invasion of harmful substances.
Of course, for patients taking antihypertensive drugs, cough may also appear due to the side effects of the drug, for example, many patients taking preli-based antihypertensive drugs are particularly prominent in this regard, we should also pay attention to this situation, it is best to go to the hospital for examination in time, and change the drug cautiously under the condition of full communication with the doctor.
3. Weakness in the limbs
As a very important trace element in our body, potassium can maintain the normal metabolism of tissue cells and make our limbs and joints more flexible, but if there is a serious loss of this element, it is easy to affect the normal operation of body functions, and a series of phenomena such as weakness of limbs appear.
People who take antihypertensive drugs for a long time must be highly vigilant, if the potassium content in the body is lost too much, it may also lead to muscle soreness, cramps, and in severe cases, even inability to stand normally.
4. Constipation and diarrhea alternately
If the potassium content in the human body is insufficient, then it will affect the normal bowel movement, because the normal activities of the intestines often need potassium to support, when potassium is deficient, there may be a lack of intestinal motility and poor peristalsis, so that the ability of the intestine to transform feces will also be affected.
In addition to paying attention to the above four abnormal manifestations in daily life, hypertensive patients also need to do a good job of protection in many aspects, such as maintaining a certain amount of exercise, actively adjusting the diet structure and maintaining a positive and optimistic attitude, etc., which are conducive to improving the patient's physical health index and stabilizing the blood pressure level in the body as much as possible.