I believe we are all very aware of the dangers of smoking. There are quite a few common diseases that have a lot to do with smoking. Even if the cause of the disease is not smoking, but after the disease, you should quit smoking before it is too late, hypertension is one of them. However, many patients do not take this seriously and still stick to the habit of smoking. This article will talk to you about smoking and hypertension, and I hope that after reading this article, people with hypertension should quit smoking in time.
Consequences of smoking for people with high blood pressure
Smoking are harmful to people with high blood pressure
- First. The effect on blood pressure levels. When the body inhales cigarettes, tar, nicotine, and other substances will enter the liver for metabolism. If you smoke for a long time, the liver is not able to metabolize the toxins completely, and then the toxins may be deposited in the blood vessels. At this time, the viscosity of the blood may increase, resulting in stagnation, causing an increase in blood pressure.
- Second. Cigarettes contain substances that may cause sympathetic, central nervous system, a certain amount of stimulation, when the body may produce catecholamines. This substance may accelerate the contraction rate of small arteries, and the blood pressure value will increase. In addition, the patient's heart contraction speed will also be accelerated, the body's blood volume may be reduced, the same will also appear to increase blood pressure.
- Thirdly. The effect of antihypertensive drugs. As we all know, after suffering from this disease, patients need to take drugs for a long time to ensure that their blood pressure is controlled within the normal range. But patients who adhere to the medication, if there is a habit of smoking, the body's sensitivity to the drug will be reduced. At this time, even if the amount of medication remains unchanged, the blood pressure will be difficult to control, and the only way to ensure that the blood pressure is worthy of stability is to increase the amount of medication.
What are the possible safety risks for people with high blood pressure who smoking?
It can be seen that patients with high blood pressure should not smoke. The impact of smoking on patients with hypertension, not only in terms of blood pressure but some safety risks will also increase, which should never be ignored, the following will take you to understand.
1, easy blood vessel blockage, increase the risk of sudden death
People suffering from hypertension, their blood vessel situation is relatively poor, and if you smoke, will only make the blood vessel situation worse. At this time, due to increased blood viscosity, there may be a risk of blood vessel blockage. If this happens in the cardiovascular system, the blood does not flow back to the heart in time, and the heart does not get enough oxygen and nutrients. If such a phenomenon is not improved for a long time, the heart function will gradually weaken, and the risk of sudden death may increase at this time.
2、Increase the risk of stroke
For patients with hypertension, their blood pressure levels rise, the pressure in the blood vessels itself is relatively large. As mentioned above, if a hypertensive patient smokes, the blood pressure value will continue to rise, so the pressure in the blood vessels will also continue to rise. At this point, our cerebral blood vessels may break down, thus causing a hemorrhagic stroke.
In addition, smoking for people with high blood pressure may also have increased blood viscosity, causing the phenomenon of blood vessel blockage, which is likely to cause an ischemic stroke if the blockage of cerebral blood vessels occurs. Many people may find that this is the same as the pathogenesis of stroke, except that patients with hypertension who smoke have a higher risk of developing the disease, so we should be cautious.
3. Increase the risk of other types of diseases
We should be clear that even if you are not a hypertensive patient, if you smoke for a long time, it will have a great impact on your health. It may lead to the prevalence of other types of diseases, typically lung diseases, cancer, etc. Cigarettes enter the body through the respiratory tract, which naturally affects lung health, and the lungs are stimulated by cigarettes for a long time, which naturally increases the risk of disease.
In addition, nicotine in cigarettes has long been classified as a carcinogen by the WHO, because it may cause cell damage, thereby increasing the risk of cellular mutations. At this time, normal cells in the body may develop into cancer cells, and when the body's immunity decreases, cancer cells may develop in a big way, thus leading to the occurrence of cancer.
Many people with hypertension, may have the habit of smoking, and usually, when they are told that they need to quit smoking, they will have various reasons to get back at you. But this is a fluke of people. By introducing you above, I hope to give you a warning to all hypertensive patients.