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64-year-old retired teacher Grandma Li, three years ago in a physical examination, Grandma Li was found to have high blood pressure, systolic blood pressure as high as 160, diastolic blood pressure 100, the doctor advised her to take blood pressure medication as soon as possible, and pay attention to diet and daily life, but Grandma Li is a little resistant to long-term medication, she feels that Western medicine has side effects after all, and hopes to control blood pressure through traditional Chinese medicine conditioning.
So Grandma Li began to boil water with corn silk every day, and drank it for three years, she felt that her physical condition had been good, and she did not have symptoms of high blood pressure such as dizziness, so she did not go to the hospital for re-examination, until a few days ago, Grandma Li went to the hospital for a physical examination at her daughter's repeated requests, and the results surprised everyone - Grandma Li's blood pressure did not drop but rose, systolic blood pressure soared to 180, and the electrocardiogram also showed signs of myocardial ischemia.
The doctor said to Grandma Li seriously: "High blood pressure is a chronic disease, no obvious symptoms does not mean that the condition is controlled, folk remedies such as corn whiskers, although they also have a certain antihypertensive effect, but they are far less effective and safe than drug treatment, your delay in the past three years is likely to cause irreversible damage to the body." ＂
Grandma Li woke up like a dream, she realized how superficial her understanding of high blood pressure was, she said to the doctor regretfully: "I am too light, I didn't expect high blood pressure to be so 'cunning', I thought that there was a blood pressure home remedy in hand to sit back and relax, but now I understand that the treatment of the disease has to listen to the doctor, and you must believe in science." ＂
The doctor comforted her and said: "Fortunately, it is not too late to find out, and there is still hope to control the condition if you start standardized treatment now, but you must remember that antihypertensive drugs should be taken on time and cannot be stopped without authorization; In addition, it is necessary to quit smoking and limit alcohol, eat lightly, and exercise moderately, so as to control blood pressure stably. ＂
Grandma Li nodded, and secretly made up her mind to cooperate with the treatment well, and also to tell her lessons to more people around her.
The doctor continued: "In fact, there are not a few patients like you who have doubts about drug treatment, many people are worried that long-term medication will hurt the liver and kidneys, and affect the quality of life, but in fact, the current clinical use of antihypertensive drugs, if you can use it in strict accordance with the doctor's instructions, not abused, not excessive, the side effects are very small, compared to the health risks caused by high blood pressure is the most terrible." ＂
Grandma Li nodded thoughtfully, and the doctor continued: "There are still some patients who are accustomed to using some home remedies and secret recipes to treat diseases, and feel that these ancestral 'magic prescriptions' are safe and effective, but you must know that those prescriptions lack scientific basis, some may contain unknown ingredients, and some will even have an effect with regular medicines, endangering health, so you still have to listen to the doctor for treatment, and don't try it easily." ＂
"You're so right," Grandma Li said again and again, "I'm just a living example, I really regret that I didn't come to you in the first place, I had to go my own way, and now I'm getting better and my body is also suffering, and I have delayed treatment, it's really stupid." ＂
"Don't be discouraged, it's good to be enlightened now," the doctor smiled and comforted, "as long as you can actively cooperate, I believe that you will be able to control your blood pressure soon, by the way, I gave you this prescription, but don't increase or decrease the dose at will, it's important to take it on time every day." ＂
"I will do exactly what you say," Grandma Li nodded firmly, "I will no longer believe in any home remedies in the future, and my health will be handed over to you," before leaving, Grandma Li repeatedly told her daughter: "You have to tell the old comrades in your unit about my troubles today, just say that your mother did a stupid thing and almost delayed her own life, don't learn from me," the daughter responded with a smile.
From Grandma Li's story, we can get the following inspirations:
1. In the face of high blood pressure, we must not take it lightly, high blood pressure is known as the "silent killer", while endangering our health, there are often no obvious symptoms, so regular physical examination is particularly important, once diagnosed, it is necessary to actively treat, can not be mindful.
2. To believe in medicine, do not blindly superstitious home remedies, many folk medicine recipes, has not been strictly clinically verified, efficacy and safety can not be guaranteed, rather than taking risks, it is better to hand over health to professional doctors, insist on regular hospital treatment, follow the doctor's instructions, do not adjust the dosage or stop the drug at will.
3. The treatment of hypertension requires the active cooperation of patients, in addition to taking medicine according to the doctor's instructions, a daily healthy lifestyle is also indispensable, tobacco control and alcohol limitation, low-salt and low-fat diet, moderate exercise, and maintaining a happy mood are all effective measures to control blood pressure.
4. It is urgent to improve the health awareness of the whole people, the occurrence of many chronic diseases is closely related to bad living habits, and many people lack basic health knowledge, strengthen health education, improve self-care awareness, is the root cause of prevention and control of chronic diseases from the source, each of us should start from themselves, learn health knowledge, practice healthy life, and be the first responsible person for their own health.
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