All hypertensive patients know that under normal circumstances, they need to take antihypertensive drugs for a long time. However, for people with high blood pressure, long-term use of antihypertensive drugs does not mean that everything will be fine. The following will tell you what situations need to be paid attention to and adjust the medication in time.
People who take antihypertensive drugs for a long time, if there are 6 kinds of conditions, they should adjust their medication, don’t be careless
If you take antihypertensive drugs for a long time On the basis of ideal blood pressure control, if you have the following symptoms, you must pay attention.
The first is a severe dry cough without phlegm.
Especially when you lie down at night, you have a particularly bad cough. In this case, it is likely that you have taken a drug like Puli, because it will cause you to have a dry cough. This kind of performance The general incidence is 30%. People with mild symptoms may get used to it slowly, while those with severe symptoms may need to change the medicine.
The second is that the heart rate becomes very slow, the whole body has no energy, and at the same time, there may be transient blackness in front of the eyes.
This is most likely a side effect of lorol-like drugs, because these drugs specifically slow the heart rate, and some people are more sensitive and have a lower heart rate and may experience symptoms, For some people, it will aggravate the appearance of atrioventricular block, there will be a longer pause of heart arrest, and it will also cause dark eyes.
The third type is fatigue and lack of energy.
May be a side effect of long-term use of diuretics, which promote potassium excretion. A poor diet may cause hypokalemia. This will make you feel powerless.
So while taking diuretics, you need proper potassium supplementation, and you can eat more potassium-rich foods.
The fourth type, there is a more severe pain and swelling in the back.
Because of some sartan drugs, the incidence of back pain after long-term use, after stopping, this symptom can be gradually relieved. There are also some patients who may experience joint discomfort when taking sartan drugs, which should also be paid attention to.
Fifth, after taking the medicine, I feel a headache, flushed face, and swollen ankles.
This is most likely a side effect caused by dipine drugs. If the symptoms are mild, it can be observed for a period of time. However, some patients have particularly severe headaches, so they have to adjust their medication.
The sixth type is gingival hyperplasia.
As soon as you eat, your teeth will bleed, which should also be taken seriously, because dipine drugs can cause gingival hyperplasia, which occurs in a certain proportion. If this happens, be sure to go to the dentist to evaluate whether you have previous periodontal disease or side effects caused by dipine drugs.
Therefore, we take antihypertensive drugs, and blood pressure is our ultimate goal, but in the process of taking medicines, we must also pay attention to some adverse manifestations and make adjustments in time.
What should hypertensive patients eat to improve hypertension?
Many people say they have already controlled their diet, why hasn’t their blood pressure dropped? Are you really controlling your diet the right way?
I would like to share with you some popular science here. Friends with high blood pressure, please remember the following points:
1. The staple food should not exceed two taels per meal.
2. You can eat three to four taels of chicken, fish, meat, and eggs, supplement protein, and eat about a pound of fresh vegetables.
3. You can eat four to five taels of fruit a day, one apple and one banana are enough.
4. After breakfast and dinner, you can often use green buckthorn, burdock root, mulberry leaf, cassia seed, pueraria root, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf, sea buckthorn, hawthorn, corn silk and other medicinal foods The ingredients of the same origin, and the Qing Qian Liu burdock tea made according to the formula, can be soaked in water to drink, which is very beneficial to reduce blood lipids, blood pressure, blood sugar, and maintain cardiovascular and cerebrovascular.
The above is a reasonable diet for hypertensive patients for a day. Only by doing this can it be called control, and if it is not done, it is not called control. At the same time, pay attention to eat less soy sauce, control salt within six grams, quit smoking and drinking every day, and maintain a happy mood.