Does hypertension affect life expectancy? How much shorter? Cardiovascular medical advice: there is a way to live longer.

There are often some patients with hypertension who have such questions. Can getting high blood pressure affect life expectancy? How much will it be shortened? Indeed, many patients have such concerns about chronic diseases, because it is not like some more urgent diseases, which are cured and finished, like appendicitis, and we just cut the appendix. Chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, rheumatism, nephropathy, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, hyperthyroidism, etc. Long-term treatment will affect the quality of life and longevity of patients.

As far as hypertension is concerned, many people can't understand how it affects life expectancy. It's just high blood pressure. There's nothing wrong with it. Should some people have high blood pressure? In fact, the harm of hypertension lies in long-term injury, and of course there are some acute injuries. Let's talk about long-term injuries first. If blood pressure is kept at a high level for a long time, it may lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, cerebral infarction, renal failure and so on. Let's talk about acute injury first. Some patients' blood pressure suddenly rises, or has reached a critical point because of long-term blood pressure rise, leading to cerebral hemorrhage, aortic dissection and myocardial infarction, which may be fatal in a short time.

Do you think high blood pressure affects life expectancy? According to some authoritative studies, the overall life expectancy of patients with hypertension is shorter than that of those without hypertension 13.9 years. Very easy to understand. Suppose there is such a person who may live to 75 years old if he doesn't have high blood pressure, but he didn't control it well after he got high blood pressure, and he died of cerebral hemorrhage in his 60 s. Isn't that ten years shorter than expected? Of course, we also see some younger patients, such as patients in their thirties and forties, die of some complications caused by hypertension. Some people may have some physical inconvenience or disability after complications, even if there is no death.

Of course, in clinic, we also see that many patients with hypertension control their blood pressure well by taking medicine. In the end, there was no problem because of complications caused by hypertension, but because of other diseases, such as malignant tumors. There are also many people who have no other diseases and just die of old age.

Hypertension, how can you live longer? In fact, the reason is very simple. Isn't it good to control your blood pressure? To put it bluntly, it is to control blood pressure to reach the standard and reduce the damage of target organs through healthy lifestyle and necessary drug treatment. A healthy lifestyle, such as a low-salt diet, quitting smoking, limiting alcohol, controlling weight, improving sleep, relieving mental stress, being less angry and exercising properly, is all. In terms of drugs, don't worry too much. You just need to monitor your blood pressure, go to the doctor often, adjust the medicine, and leave the medicine to the doctor. Professional people do professional things, as long as you cooperate with doctors.