What are the causes and hazards of large pressure difference

The pulsation difference reflects the elasticity of the human body's large arteries, and its detection value has important reference value for diagnosis. Generally speaking, human body indicators have a range parameter. When they exceed this parameter range, they will cause harm to the human body. Half of a normal person's blood pressure is between 120-90, which is also divided into high pressure and low pressure. In medicine, the pulse pressure difference is 20-60mmHg. When it is less than the minimum standard, the pressure difference is small. When it is greater than the maximum standard, the pressure difference is large. Both types of pressure differences are harmful to the human body and have no benefit. A large pressure difference usually refers to a large difference in high blood pressure, which is a common symptom among people and requires special attention.

Pulse pressure difference is an important indicator reflecting the elasticity of large arteries. As we age, the arteries gradually lose their elasticity, resulting in a significant increase in systolic blood pressure, a significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure, and a significant increase in pulse pressure difference.

A large pulse pressure difference is a manifestation of vascular sclerosis. An increase in the pulse pressure difference indicates poor arterial elasticity, that is, the structure and function of the arterial wall are damaged and the wall becomes hard. The risk of myocardial infarction and stroke increases by more than 10% when the pulse pressure difference is 85 mmHg than when the pulse pressure difference is 65 mmHg. The former has a significantly higher chance of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents than the latter.

Causes of increased pressure difference:

(1) Suffering from hypertension and arteriosclerosis, which causes the elasticity of the arterial wall to weaken, the systolic blood pressure to increase, and the diastolic blood pressure to decrease;

(2) Long-term hypertension causes myocardial overload, resulting in heart enlargement or aortic valve insufficiency;

(3) Suffering from hyperthyroidism or severe anemia.

The above three reasons for large pressure difference indicate that increased blood pressure difference can induce serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral infarction, atherosclerosis, and coronary heart disease. Therefore, the increase in pressure difference cannot be ignored.

Ways to reduce the pressure difference:

Usually, doctors will recommend hypertensive patients to take some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs, or anti-platelet aggregation drugs to reduce the blood pressure difference, such as ginkgo leaves, aspirin, lumbrokinase, etc., mainly to prevent the occurrence of cerebral infarction. However, these drugs need to be taken for a long time. Some elderly people have reduced liver function and cannot dissolve drug toxins. Therefore, Ganoderma lucidum can be taken to reduce the pressure difference.

Hypertension requires long-term medication control and treatment. In addition, it is also very important to pay attention to daily diet and daily life, including a low-salt and low-fat diet. Be sure to abstain from smoking and drinking and avoid emotional excitement. It is best to choose sustained-release tablets to control blood pressure and make blood pressure more stable. If your blood pressure is high all day long, you should use long-acting antihypertensive drugs; if it increases temporarily within a specified time, you should use short-acting antihypertensive drugs; you should eat more fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, celery, fungus, shepherd's purse, etc., and develop the good habit of drinking a glass of boiled water on an empty stomach every morning. You can often massage the Qiaogong point on the neck and the blood pressure-lowering groove on the back of the ear; it is also important to keep a good mood.