【World Hypertension Day】 Is hypertension just an increase in blood pressure? It is easy to ignore the damage to this organ!

World Hypertension Day

Hypertension has become a common disease worldwide, and the number of residents with hypertension in China is about 300 million. Hypertension is known as the "invisible killer" affecting human health, involving a wide range of serious harm, is an important cause of stroke, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease, peripheral arterial occlusion and other diseases. Tomorrow (May 17) is World Hypertension Day, and the theme of this year's campaign is "Accurate measurement, effective control, and a long and healthy life". Paying attention to the prevention and treatment of hypertension is essential to protect the health and quality of life of residents.

In Zhejiang Hospital Hypertension Center

There are several special hypertension patients living in the center.

They are invited to give a "personal account" below

Warning

Secondary hypertension

Mr. Hua

Over 40 years old

Mr. Hua (pseudonym) is a sports enthusiast in his 40s, but 10 years ago he started to develop hypertension with hypokalemia, which was not well treated, and he was often weak and dizzy, so he had to give up his sports hobby.

Secondary hypertension

Plagued by the disease, he approached Dr. Ding Fang, deputy director of the Hypertension Center of Zhejiang Hospital, with the mindset of giving it a try. With many years of clinical experience, Ding Fang considered that this might be secondary hypertension and admitted him to the hospital for treatment. According to the screening process for secondary hypertension, he was diagnosed with "primary aldosteronism" after completing relevant tests. After treatment, Mr. Hua's blood pressure was stable and within a few days, he was able to resume his exercise hobby as usual.

Often overlooked

Hypertensive nephropathy

When it comes to the awareness of hypertension, many people first think of hypertension as a cause of various cardiovascular diseases, such as cerebral hemorrhage and coronary heart disease. However, the kidney damage caused by hypertension is often overlooked.

"When it comes to hypertensive nephropathy, it's so common that we have one living in our hypertension ward." said Liu Xinwen, deputy chief physician of Zhejiang Hospital Hypertension Center.

Grandma Zhang

76 years old

Hangzhou 76-year-old grandmother Zhang (a pseudonym) suffered from hypertension for 8 years, because of poor blood pressure control to Zhejiang Hospital for examination, the results of the outpatient examination surprised Zhang grandmother, creatinine up to 263.3umol / L (normal value in 41-81umol / L), urine microalbumin / urine creatinine up to 679mg / g (normal value 0-30), suffering from hypertensive nephropathy, and is already end-stage. It was only one step away from uremia.

Hypertensive nephropathy

"Patients with hypertension leading to nephropathy are very common in our ward, but they are at different stages of renal insufficiency. If they are treated early and regularly, they may be able to slow down or even avoid the process." Liu Xinwen said.

Renal insufficiency

Patients with hypertension

Should be treated early and monitored regularly

Dr. Yu Wei, director of the Hypertension Center at Zhejiang Hospital, reminds that patients with hypertension should seek early treatment and regular monitoring at a specialist hospital to clarify the causes of hypertension and effectively maintain blood pressure within the normal range, and should undergo annual physical examinations to check for abnormalities in the indicators related to hypertension in order to detect early lesions of cardiovascular disease caused by hypertension, such as proteinuria, carotid atheroma, heart hypertrophy, etc. Early intervention is needed to curb the development of cardiovascular disease at the source.

We urge adults over the age of 18 to have their blood pressure measured at least once a year, and children and adolescents should also have their blood pressure measured once a year. Self-measurement of blood pressure can be done at home, or in-office blood pressure can be measured at the hospital, or a more accurate ambulatory blood pressure monitoring test can be chosen. An upper-arm electronic blood pressure monitor is recommended for measuring blood pressure at home. The criteria for hypertension are: in-office blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg and home blood pressure average ≥ 135/85 mmHg.

Zhejiang Hospital - Hypertension Center

Guarding your health

Zhejiang Hospital Hypertension Center is the first hypertension center in the province and the first hypertension center in the province to be certified by the China Hypertension Center. It has a comprehensive medical team, including a multidisciplinary team of professionals in prevention and management, clinical consultation and treatment, intervention, surgery, emergency care, rehabilitation and psychotherapy, etc. It has advanced hypertension assessment and examination equipment in China, and carries out various hypertension by related examination programs, such as blood renin-aldosterone, catecholamines, cortisol and other indicators screening, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, vascular endothelial function testing, arterial elasticity testing, intravascular ultrasound, exercise plate test, polysomnography respiratory monitoring, renal ECT, enhanced CT and magnetic resonance, etc. The center has opened hypertension outpatient clinics and hypertension wards in both Lingyin and Sandun hospital areas.

Zhejiang Hospital Hypertension Center is dedicated to long-term management of hypertension, diagnosis of secondary hypertension etiology, diagnosis and treatment of recalcitrant hypertension, and individualized rehabilitation treatment of hypertension-related diseases. It carries out standardized diagnosis and treatment of renal substantive hypertension, primary aldosteronism, renal vascular hypertension, Cushing's syndrome, sleep apnea syndrome, pheochromocytoma, cardiac-onset hypertension, etc. It carries out renal vein extraction, renal artery intervention, denervation sympathetic nerve radiofrequency ablation and other peripheral arterial interventions, and makes every effort to provide quality services to all hypertensive patients.

Hypertension Clinic

Editor: Ting Review: Jing

Source: Zhejiang Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Center, Zhejiang Hospital Hypertension Center

Copywriter: Guo Jun, Department of Publicity and United Front Work

This article is the original of Zhejiang Hospital, please indicate the source "Zhejiang Hospital" official account

This article is directed by

Yu Wei

Chief Physician

▪ Director of Zhejiang Hospital Hypertension Center, Deputy Director of Zhejiang Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Center

▪ Specialist Clinic.

Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning (Lingyin Hospital)

Tuesday afternoon (Sandun Hospital)

Ding Fang

Deputy Chief Physician

▪ Assistant Director, Zhejiang Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention and Research Center

▪ Specialist Clinic.

Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning

(Sandun Hospital Area)

Liu Xinwen

▪ Deputy Chief Chinese Physician

▪ Assistant Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Zhejiang Hospital

▪ Specialist Clinic.

Friday morning (Lingyin Hospital Area)

Monday morning (Sandun Hospital Area)