April 14, 2008

Anti-hypertension drug reasonable application

Filed under: hypertension - 14 Apr 2008

Since 1997 the United States JNC VI, 1999 WHO-ISH China and the announcement of the hypertension treatment guidelines, and have completed several clinical trials and drug comparative study of hypertensive patients on how to choose the different circumstances of anti-hypertensive drugs, the risk factors of hypertension intervention , and strictly control blood pressure, the effective protection of the target organ, these awareness of the problem has reached a new height, it is necessary to sum up in order to facilitate the rational application of clinical practice in anti-hypertension drug.

A comprehensive assessment of risk factors and intervention

New guide highlights the level of blood pressure and coexistence of the risk factors are equally important. The level of blood pressure and cardiovascular disease was continuity, and even in the normal range …

Malnourished children susceptible to hypertension

Filed under: hypertension - 14 Apr 2008

Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, conducted research which showed that, before the 6-year-old adult child malnutrition most vulnerable to hypertension.

Federal University of Sao Paulo in the slums Nam has chosen the age of 53 to 11-year-old 16-year-old youth were studied. These young people with typical symptoms of malnutrition: the height requirement than the World Health Organization standard low 7 cm, weight lighter. The results show that there were seven of them (13% of the total) have hypertension symptoms, the majority of whom are in the 13-year-old hypertension occurs when symptoms, but also 11-year-old was diagnosed with hypertension.

Research shows that to reduce childhood malnutrition caused by high blood pressure, the need to increase the content of amino acids in food, which is to increase meat and beans proportion …

April 12, 2008

Prevention of adolescent hypertension

Filed under: hypertension - 12 Apr 2008

The young boys and girls enter puberty, the normal blood pressure had been close to adults. If in a quiet state, blood pressure greater than 140/90 mm Hg, can be diagnosed with high blood pressure, known as hypertension puberty.
Puberty caused hypertension was due primarily to adolescent health and development of the organ systems rapidly, and also with the development of the heart, cardiac contractility greatly improved, but at this time of vascular development has often lagged behind the heart, leading to increased blood pressure. In addition, the glands puberty period of increased hormone secretion increased excitability of the nervous system increased regulatory function of neural imbalance plant will produce higher blood pressure phenomena. At the same time, young people in particular circumstances, such as Yingkao review, because the spirit …

April 11, 2008

Alzheimer’s is concerned with hypertension

Filed under: hypertension - 11 Apr 2008

Japan Shiga University of Medical Science on the island Hongsi Professor study found that high blood pressure and dementia in a certain relationship. He found that men over the age of 65 in systolic blood pressure with no significant difference between age and the age of the women incremental increase in systolic pressure, diastolic blood pressure on the men and women in the performance of the lower diastolic blood pressure greater age, systolic blood pressure in women 21. 3 kPa (160 mm Hg) or diastolic blood pressure in more than 12.7 kPa (95 mm Hg) less than the proportion of male high. Application of the island Hongsi Professor Hasegawa summary of the intelligence score Shiga 65-year-old home more than 1,289 elderly people with the epidemiological investigation, found that men suspected …

Blood pressure fluctuates easily elderly

Filed under: hypertension - 11 Apr 2008

Elderly blood pressure volatile, and vulnerable to the impact of position, mainly because:

(1) the sensitivity of baroreceptor lower blood pressure changes on the ability to reduce the buffer.

(2) hardening of the blood vessels, decrease in the number of β receptors to the regulation of blood pressure changes weakened.

(3) renal atherosclerosis lead to kidney diminish the role of renin release.

(4) the ability to reduce heart stress.

These factors have led to decreased stability of the elderly blood pressure, and vulnerability to the effects of changes in posture.

April 10, 2008

Hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease diet

Filed under: hypertension - 10 Apr 2008

1, limit total calories to avoid obesity: calorie intake depending on age, gender, labour intensity and weight to decide. Weight control in slightly lower than the standard weight.
2, guarantee adequate supply of protein: Selection of high quality protein food such as fish, chicken, beef, egg white, milk, lean pork.
3, restricted food fat and cholesterol: diet to use vegetable oil, lean meat, and milk and other.
4, advocate the consumption of sugar, refined sugar control: Selection of starch, rice, corn, and other plant fibers and more food, eating less monosaccharide, such as sucrose, fructose, etc..
5, ensure that sufficient quantities of vitamin: use of green vegetables …

Hypertension can be prevented?

Filed under: hypertension - 10 Apr 2008

Can hypertension prevention, from the cause of hypertension risk factors about. The incidence of hypertension can Banzuo two factors that can not be changed factors and the factors can be changed. Many factors can not be changed for congenital factors, such as genetics, age, etc.. Factors can be changed is acquired factors, including a high level of salt, obesity, smoking, excessive drinking and lack of exercise, etc., but these factors can be changed. Clinical studies have proven that to overcome these factors, to reduce the amount of salt and reduce weight, quit smoking, drinking or not drinking less, increased physical activity, such as positive and effective measures, we can reduce the prevalence of hypertension. And have occurred in patients with hypertension, through active treatment, can be effectively controlled blood pressure, …

The principle of the use of antihypertensive drugs

Filed under: hypertension - 10 Apr 2008

Specifically, should mainly be based on the following six principles:

(1) the beginning of hypertensive patients receiving drug therapy, in principle, is the first selection of antihypertensive effect moderate, slow, lasting and less side effects of drugs. To the general adoption of a single antihypertensive drug, if taken a period of time, the antihypertensive effect of poorly, then combined.

(2) small dose of medication first, and then gradually increase to buck purpose can be maintained in order to consolidate effect. Guard against a sudden stop to avoid Belcher pressure rebound, the so-called “withdrawal syndrome.”

(3) Subject to malignant hypertension, the blood pressure was significantly higher years of the sick and the elderly, blood pressure dropped too much or not excessive so as to avoid discomfort to the patients and bring …

Patients with hypertension diet

Filed under: hypertension - 10 Apr 2008

Treatment of patients with hypertension diet control and the importance of continuing to reduce risk. In fact, for the prevention of hypertension also is instructive. According to China’s Ministry of Health expert group to improve the diet in the prevention of hypertension made the following recommendations:

WHO recommendations to reduce sodium food intake per person per day for no more than 6 g. My diet about 80% of the sodium salt from cooking or high-salt products, salt restriction should first reduce cooking salt and high-salt seasoning, and deprivation of food and salted pickles.

Reducing dietary fat, adequate protein supplement some epidemiological data, even if it does not reduce the sodium in the diet and weight loss, such as dietary fat can be in control of 25 per cent of the …

Hypertension a precautionary measure

Filed under: hypertension - 10 Apr 2008

Hypertension is a serious harm our people’s health and quality of life of chronic diseases. Despite China’s hypertension research advance in the forefront of the world level, but due to various reasons, prevention and treatment of hypertension in China is still in the “three homoharringtonine low,” the status quo, that is the high incidence of morbidity and high mortality, hypertension, knows that the low rate , and the low rate of drug control was low.

For this reason, China hypertension Union and the Chinese Medical Association to the Ministry of Education jointly since April 1999 to September in the country’s 22 provinces held hypertension’99 China New Century activities. Through lectures form, by more than 130 experts will be the basic concept of hypertension, diagnosis, trends, health promotion, risk factors and …