The rate of hypertension is very high in the world, especially in developed countries, and it generally affects an average of 40-50% of the adult population. However, half of these people are unaware of the disease. Nearly half of those who are informed do not use medication, and half of those who do use medication are insufficient. Therefore, complications related to hypertension are quite common.
Chronic or acute complications of vital organs such as the brain, heart and aorta develop due to hypertension. Chronic complications include heart failure, vascular occlusion, and dilatation of the aorta. Acute complications include brain hemorrhage, clots in the brain, aortic rupture, heart attack, and arrhythmia.
In the development of acute or chronic vital complications, medication is not used or is inadequately used.
Usually, High blood pressure due to sudden stress leads to the development of acute complications. A significant portion of patients first become aware of their blood pressure problems with the development of these complications.
In order to be protected from these sudden and fatal complications, regular blood pressure monitoring is essential. Hypertension chronically paves the way for the development of acute complications. Hypertension paves the way for hardness and thickening, known as plaque, in the vessels that feed our brain, heart and other organs. It accelerates the development of plaque. Hypertension causes the aorta to expand in diameter and thin out its wall. Sudden hypertensive crisis causes the plaques to crack, causing the material in the plaque to come out into the vascular lumen and clot formation. As a result, stroke, heart attack and sudden death occur. In addition, due to the rupture of the 1-2 mm inner layer of the aortic vessel due to the effect of high pressure, the blood progresses within the vessel wall, separating the wall into two layers, causing a fatal complication called dissection. This complication is more common in patients with dilated aortic artery. If the person has high blood pressure and does not receive treatment or does not receive adequate dosage, aortic rupture may develop, especially during excitement, stress and competitive or strenuous sports.
A significant portion of people who survive these fatal problems triggered by hypertension spend the rest of their lives with diseases such as kidney failure, heart failure, stroke and vision loss.
Due to these very serious complications, high blood pressure occurs regularly in the adult age group. It should be checked whether . When using medications, one must be aware of the common side effects of these medications.
It should not be forgotten that blood pressure medications used in effective doses are very important in protecting our vessels, heart, kidneys, brain and many other organs. Herbal products such as garlic-lemon mixtures should never be used instead of these medications. Because even though these products have blood pressure lowering properties, they must be used in high amounts to be effective. More importantly, there are no standards regarding its effects on blood pressure and duration of effect. Even if our blood pressure remains low for a few hours, it will rise again in a short time and the person will be vulnerable to danger. The effects and duration of medical drugs are known in advance. Before these drugs come into use, large clinical studies are conducted and their doses and duration of action are standardized.
As a result, blood pressure is an important health problem that can lead to fatal complications and should be monitored and treated regularly.
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