It took her more than ten years to develop from high blood pressure to uremia. What did she go through?

Several friends with high blood pressure left messages to Huazi, asking the same question: After a period of treatment, their blood pressure has returned to normal, can they stop taking the medicine? Huazi told them that they cannot stop taking the medicine, because more than 90% of high blood pressure is primary hypertension, which cannot be cured, and the blood pressure will rise again after stopping the medicine.

But some people were skeptical about what Huazi said, so Huazi told him a real case in which a person took more than ten years to develop from high blood pressure to uremia.

1. Sisters with different surnames were diagnosed with hypertension at the same time More than ten years ago, two good friends were diagnosed with hypertension at the same time during a physical examination in their 40s. The two had been classmates since childhood and worked together. They were similar in height and weight, so many people thought they were sisters. They had a very good relationship. In fact, they were closer than real sisters, except for their different surnames.

One of them is carefree, so we call her Xiaoyan, and the other is law-abiding, so we call her Xiaohua. Although they have different temperaments, it does not hinder their friendship. After being diagnosed with high blood pressure, the doctor told them that they needed to take antihypertensive drugs to control their blood pressure. In the first few months of the illness, Xiaoyan and Xiaohua took the medicine according to the doctor's advice, but later they became different.

2. Differences in medication between the two In the first few months, both of them took medication regularly, and their blood pressure quickly dropped to normal. But Xiaoyan thought that since her blood pressure had dropped, she could stop taking the medication. So she stopped taking medication regularly, and only took a few blood pressure pills when she felt dizzy or had a headache occasionally.

Xiaohua always listened to the doctor and took medicine regularly. Sometimes the two sisters sat together and talked about taking medicine. Xiaoyan said Xiaohua was "making a fuss over nothing". She didn't have any symptoms, so why did she take medicine every day? It would be more free and easy like her. Xiaohua felt that what Xiaoyan said seemed wrong, but she didn't know much about high blood pressure, so she didn't know how to persuade Xiaoyan. She could only let it go and insisted on taking medicine.

3. More than 10 years later, Xiaoyan developed uremia. In the following 10 years, Xiaoyan and Xiaohua had their blood pressure measured several times. Xiaoyan's blood pressure was always high. She would take antihypertensive drugs for a few days each time, and then stop taking them. Xiaohua insisted on taking the drugs, and her blood pressure was always within the normal range.

Although Xiaoyan and Xiaohua have different blood pressures, neither of them feels uncomfortable. They both live according to their own habits and occasionally get together to eat, travel, and chat.

Xiaoyan's peaceful life, which lasted for more than 10 years, was finally broken. After experiencing symptoms of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for more than a month, she went to the hospital for a check-up and received a blood creatinine test report of more than 900.

The doctor told Xiaoyan that her kidney function was severely failing, commonly known as "uremia". She could only rely on dialysis to survive, or spend hundreds of thousands of yuan to get a kidney transplant, but it was not easy to find a suitable kidney source.

4. Xiaoyan regretted having uremia. The doctor told Xiaoyan that long-term high blood pressure was the direct cause of her uremia. Xiaohua, who accompanied Xiaoyan to see the doctor, asked the doctor why Xiaoyan was fine when she and Xiaoyan both had high blood pressure but usually had no symptoms.

Doctors say that high blood pressure is a silent harm to the human body. As long as it is not controlled, it will continue to damage the heart, brain, kidneys, eyes, blood vessels and other organs. However, the human body's organs have a certain compensatory ability, and as long as the damage is within the compensatory capacity, usually no symptoms will be revealed.

The damage caused by high blood pressure to organs is a process from "quantitative change" to "qualitative change". Many people think that "disease comes like a mountain falling" and that diseases occur suddenly, but in fact, this is the inevitable result of long-term accumulation of organ damage to a certain extent. If blood pressure can be continuously controlled within the normal range, organ damage can be delayed or avoided.

Xiaoyan felt regretful after hearing what the doctor said and asked the doctor if there was any way to remedy the situation. The doctor shook his head and said that the organ damage caused by high blood pressure can only be stopped and is extremely difficult to reverse. The best treatment is to continue taking medication to control blood pressure and prevent the occurrence of the disease before the disease occurs. Xiaoyan was so carefree when she took the antihypertensive medicine, and now she shed tears of regret.

The story is based on a real case, and the characters are pseudonyms. In reality, there are many "Xiaoyan" who, after having high blood pressure, take medicine based on their own feelings instead of following the doctor's instructions, and only regret it when irreversible consequences occur.

Hypertension is a preventable and controllable chronic disease. It takes about 10 years from the onset of hypertension to the onset of the disease. As long as blood pressure is controlled in time, the progression of the disease can be delayed or interrupted. Taking antihypertensive drugs regularly is currently the most effective and convenient way to control blood pressure. However, the drugs must be used under the guidance of a doctor. If you have any questions about the use of the drugs, please consult a doctor or pharmacist. I am pharmacist Huazi. Welcome to follow me and learn more about health knowledge for yourself and your family.