According to the World Health Organization report, high blood pressure is affecting the health of 1 billion people worldwide, and one in every five adults in the world has high blood pressure. half the number.
In layman's terms, high blood pressure is caused by the thickening of the human blood vessel wall, the reduction of the diameter, the narrowing of the lumen, and the reduction of elasticity due to various reasons, the blood encounters resistance during circulation, and the blood flow rate gradually slows down. Pressure cannot make blood flow smoothly through the blood vessels. At this time, the heart will exert more force in order to send blood to various parts of the body, which will cause the blood pressure to rise.
The main symptoms of hypertension in the early stage include tinnitus, palpitations, headache, dizziness, dizziness, memory loss, inattention, fatigue, weakness, numbness of hands and feet, irritability and other symptoms. Experts believe that these symptoms are mainly due to the advanced due to neurological dysfunction.
terrible complications
Hypertension itself is not terrible, terrible is the various complications of high blood pressure. There are no obvious symptoms in the early stage of high blood pressure, but in fact, the blood vessels, heart, kidneys and other organs in the body have been gradually damaged. Once serious complications such as coronary heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage, and stroke are caused, the body may "collapse" in an instant, causing the body to collapse. People are hard to guard against. Therefore, high blood pressure is also known as the "silent killer".
Among the various complications of hypertension, the damage to the heart, brain, and kidneys is the most significant. Patients with severe hypertension will cause damage to important organs such as the brain, heart, and kidneys, and even cerebral hemorrhage due to arteriosclerosis. Cause hemiplegia, aphasia and other sequelae, each complication will directly threaten human life.
Causes of high blood pressure
Hypertension is divided into primary hypertension and secondary hypertension. Primary hypertension is mainly caused by the interaction of congenital genetic genes and other pathogenic supercharging factors, including high-salt and high-sodium diet, overweight Obesity, drinking, lack of exercise, etc.; secondary hypertension is caused by other diseases. The specific reasons are as follows:
1. Genetic factors
At present, it is believed to be caused by polygenic inheritance, and 30% to 50% of hypertensive patients have a genetic background.
2. Mental and environmental factors
Long-term mental stress, excitement, anxiety, noise or bad visual stimulation and other factors.
3. Age factor
The incidence tends to increase with age, so the incidence is higher in people over 40 years old.
4. Lifestyle factors
Unreasonable dietary structure, such as excessive sodium salt, low potassium diet, heavy drinking, excessive intake of saturated fatty acids, smoking, etc., can accelerate atherosclerosis.
5. The influence of drugs, hormones, anti-inflammatory painkillers, etc.
6. Effects of other diseases
Obesity, diabetes, sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome, thyroid disease, renal artery stenosis, renal parenchyma damage, adrenal space occupying lesions, pheochromocytoma, other neuroendocrine tumors, etc.
traditional treatment
General treatment: lose and control body weight, reduce sodium intake, supplement calcium and potassium salt, reduce fat intake, increase exercise, quit smoking, limit alcohol consumption, reduce mental stress, maintain mental balance, and adjust central nervous system dysfunction.
Drug treatment: common drugs diuretics, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, etc.
Because of the wide variety of drugs, the applicability of different organisms to different drugs is also quite different, and patients are often in a vicious circle of "trying new drugs → poor efficacy → trying new drugs again", which not only delays precious treatment time, but also aggravates In order to prevent the damage to the liver and kidney function of the drug, the body will also develop drug resistance after long-term use, which will reduce the therapeutic effect.
Stem cells allow you to "decompress easily" and regain health
With the continuous transformation and application of anti-aging and medical fields, stem cells are bringing a new era to human beings, and many scientists also apply stem cells to the treatment of hypertension.
It has been clinically shown that the Neurosurgery Department of the 303rd Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army has conducted a clinical trial of surgery combined with autologous mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.
Among 40 patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage, after 1 month of treatment, the overall effective rate in the observation group (95.0%, markedly effective in 30 cases, effective in 8 cases, and ineffective in 2 cases) was significantly higher than that in the control group (75.0%, markedly effective in 10 cases). Cases, 20 effective cases, 10 invalid cases) (P<0.05).
After 6 months of follow-up, the improvement of language, muscle tone and muscle strength in the observation group was significantly better than that in the control group (language 25 vs 13 cases, muscle tension 20 vs 12 cases, muscle strength 23 vs 10 cases) (all P<0.05). The results show that mesenchymal stem cells can improve the curative effect of the treatment of cerebral hemorrhage, and can also improve the patients' language, muscle tone, and muscle function.
Why are stem cells the terminator of high blood pressure?
1. New vascular endothelial cells, restore vascular function
Stem cells can be induced to differentiate into vascular endothelial cells to restore the function of blood vessels. The new vascular endothelial cells can also secrete a variety of active substances such as nitric oxide and prostacyclin 2, which play the role of anti-atherosclerosis and anti-thrombosis. Stem cells can also repair vascular smooth muscle cells, prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, restore vascular compliance, and enhance vascular function.