Everyone has heard of heart attacks and strokes - this is what we fear and try to avoid with all our might. And yet, these are the most common causes of death in hypertension and hypertension.
Arterial hypertension or hypertension is the most common and well-known diagnosis. Although, according to statistics, every third person suffers from this disease, much remains unclear, including its causes and treatment. How to prevent all these troubles? How to maintain health and quality of life? We will try to answer these questions in this article.
Hypertension (hypertension) - what is it?
According to the currently accepted classification, arterial hypertension is an increase in blood pressure above 140/90 mm. rt. Art. Today there are two forms of hypertension:
- basic (or basic, that is, the cause is unknown) - characterized by an increase in blood pressure for no reason;
- secondary (symptomatic) - the cause of the increase in blood pressure is related to any internal organs (liver, kidneys, lungs, brain, endocrine glands).
As the name suggests, despite all the advances of modern medicine, the cause of primary hypertension is not clear, so the only traditional treatment method remains to eliminate high blood pressure with pills. And since pills only eliminate the consequences without eliminating the cause, the relevance of hypertension is acutely felt in the modern world. However, a group of medical researchers have developed a new concept for the development of hypertension, which explains the mechanism of the disease at the cellular level and is confirmed by numerous studies. We will talk about this innovative approach.
First of all, any disease is a disturbance in the work of the body. And since our large and well-coordinated body is made up of cells, all the functions of the body are provided by them, the small cells.
In the body, invisible micro-life always exists - some cells die, others are formed. The body's job is to maintain a balance between functioning and dead cells. The immune system participates in this task - special macrophage cells play the role of cleaners - their task is to find and eliminate such bio-garbage in time. When the body's immune system cannot cope with a critical mass of dead cells, or when cells stop performing their normal functions for various reasons, the balance is disturbed and disease occurs.
When does uncontrolled cell death occur and the cell ceases to function? The answer is simple: when there is no resource in the cell itself. By resources, we mean everything that a cell needs to get from the outside in order to perform its function. Any cell constantly interacts with the intercellular fluid to maintain its activity and "clean" waste, which in turn restores and renews its composition in contact with the blood. Blood receives resources from the external environment, including: the lungs produce oxygen, the digestive system produces food in the form of water, fats, carbohydrates and proteins.
In order for this complex system to work and for the body to have time to get rid of damaged cells and replace them with new ones, it needs a resource that will move all this into action. Such a resource is the microvibration that occurs in the body as a result of the work of muscle cells (myofibrils). Microvibration is always present in the body, including during sleep. Even with maximum relaxation, many muscle cells continue to work and create microvibrations of the surrounding intercellular fluid.
It is known that about 60% of body cells are muscle cells and they consume more than 80% of all energy generated in the body. And almost half of this energy expenditure is needed to maintain the resting microvibration level or background microvibration. Such huge energy costs do not happen for no reason, they are necessary for human life. The lack of microvibration in the body means death, and its deficiency means disease.
In the same way, with hypertension, if the body lacks microvibration for a long time, the cells begin to perform their functions worse, which causes the tissues to start "suspicious" and functional cells to work. worse and die. This worsens the functioning of vital organs - kidneys, problems arise in the spine, which leads to the deterioration of blood supply to the brain and spinal cord. And problems related to these organs are the most common causes of hypertension and, in general, a decrease in the tone of the whole body.
Hypertension and hypertension - what are the differences?
There are so many terms and designations in the medical world that sometimes it is very difficult to understand and understand what is happening in the body of an ordinary person, what do all these abbreviations and diagnoses mean? First of all, let's define what is the difference between hypertension and hypertension, what is the difference?
Hypertension is a condition of high blood pressure. Hypertension is a disease that affects the whole body and one of its symptoms is hypertension. The degree of change in the organs that cause high blood pressure is the stage of the disease.
In the modern, accepted medical classification, there are 3 degrees of arterial hypertension:
Type of blood pressure and degree of hypertension |
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg. Art. |
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg. Art. |
|---|---|---|
Normal |
less than 130 |
less than 85 |
High |
130-139 |
85-89 |
I degree of hypertension (mild) |
140-159 |
90-99 |
II degree hypertension (moderate) |
160-179 |
100-109 |
III degree hypertension (severe) |
Greater than or equal to 180 |
Greater than or equal to 110 |
Complications and consequences of hypertension
Let's consider the mechanism of development (pathogenesis) of hypertension in order to understand exactly how the constant rise in arterial pressure causes terrible consequences, what kind of disease hypertension is and why it is dangerous.
Long-term high blood pressure (hypertension) often leads to irreversible consequences, especially in the vascular bed:
- thickening of blood vessel walls, decrease in their elasticity;
- permanent narrowing of the lumen of small arteries of blood vessels;
- thickening of the heart muscle (myocardium);
- high blood flow rate, increased damage to the walls of blood vessels due to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques at the sites of damage.
Since the vascular system is actually the supplier and carrier of external resources, let's see what happens with long-term high blood pressure. Normally, the wall of blood vessels is elastic, which allows the body to quickly adapt to constantly changing conditions. But in the case of constant high pressure and lack of microvibration, the vessel wall thickens and loses its elasticity. This happens mainly because the body faces a lack of microvibration due to a number of reasons (physical inactivity, improper nutrition, excess weight, etc. ), the immune system does not have time to "recycle" dead cells, and living cells cannot use them. they fully fulfill their duties. The body is forced to urgently get rid of non-functioning and dead cells. One of the ways to get rid of them is to turn them into a stable structure - connective tissue or fibrosis. In turn, fibrosis in the walls of blood vessels significantly reduces their elasticity and strength, which can cause damage to the vessel and bleeding from it. This condition is especially dangerous in the brain, as it can lead to a stroke.
In addition, most organs do not need high pressure at all, and a defense mechanism is activated - spasm (narrowing) of small vessels to reduce blood flow through them. It simply wastes a large portion of the entire body's resources, which cannot be sustained for long. Therefore, to save resources, the walls of blood vessels thicken again and muscle cells are replaced by connective cells, and then reverse growth in the lumen of blood vessels becomes impossible.
This inflexibility of the vascular wall leads to the formation of microtraumas of the wall and deposition of cholesterol there. This results in narrowing of the blood vessel in a certain area. This means that organs and tissues do not receive their share of nutrients, which means that they will not be able to fully perform their functions. The heart, in turn, is forced to work with increased power to transport blood through such inelastic (narrowed) vessels, which means that it has no choice but to increase the mass of heart cells - myocytes. This condition is called myocardial hypertrophy. And everything will look good, but the coronary vessels designed to feed the heart do not grow, and the so-called lack of myocardial blood supply occurs - ischemia. If an atherosclerotic plaque grows on the altered wall of the coronary artery, there is a high risk of complete cessation of the blood supply to the myocardium in this area - the death of a part of the myocardium occurs - a heart attack.
Stroke, heart attack and atherosclerosis are the most common complications of hypertension and causes of sudden death.
Is it possible to become disabled if you have hypertension?
Disability is the inability to perform routine household tasks and care for oneself. With the progression of hypertension, the development of heart failure begins when all the body's resources are exhausted. It is clear from the name that in this case the heart simply cannot perform its main function - to supply organs and tissues with oxygen. When heart failure reaches a critical level, a person's quality of life is significantly reduced, and even putting the kettle on in the kitchen becomes a heroic feat. Of course, in such conditions, a person is given disability due to hypertension.
Causes and conditions of hypertension
What are the main causes of hypertension? What triggers this cascade of reactions and what causes disease?
Our body, as we mentioned earlier, is an internal universe of billions of cells, all working as a single unit. The amazing self-regulating processes of this universe allow man to live and survive in environmental conditions. Everything that happens in the body is not random and is conditioned by something, something is needed.
To understand what can cause a person's hypertension, we need to focus again on cells. For any cellular process, cellular components (proteins, fats, carbohydrates) need to meet in space. The already familiar microvibration of the surrounding internal space plays a big role in this. With a lack of microvibration, first of all, the cell function is disturbed, which leads to the disruption of the nutrition of the spinal cord, kidneys, brain along the chain, and ultimately the development of hypertension. At the same time, it is necessary to understand that if the body increases blood pressure, then it is necessary for some reason. It would be more correct to say – vitally important! However, the causes of hypertension in men and women are basically similar.
Insufficiency of kidney function
The kidneys are the only human organ that physiologically requires high pressure, because the blood must pass under pressure through special membranes to clean it. At a pressure below 80 mm Hg. Art. the kidneys stop filtering (purifying) the blood and this is fatal.
Therefore, the body cannot allow the kidneys to reduce or stop filtering under any circumstances. If for some reason the kidneys are unable to cope with the work of filtering (cleaning) the blood, then the brain is instructed to increase the blood pressure to increase the efficiency of the kidneys. This is one of the most common causes of hypertension.
In this case, the kidneys themselves may be fine, but the general "pollution" of the blood may exceed the ability of the kidneys to clear it at normal pressure. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the activity of the kidneys by increasing the blood pressure of the body.
In this case, it is enough to improve kidney function and the pressure will normalize. Kidney function can be improved by providing more intensive nutrition to the cells and cleaning them from waste products. For this, it is enough to simply increase the level of microvibration (microcirculation) in the kidney area. In addition, the kidneys are one of the few organs that do not have their own muscle fibers, so they receive microvibrations from the working neighboring muscles of the abdomen and back. In this regard, it becomes clear how physical inactivity, incorrect posture and an increase in the proportion of adipose tissue lead to deterioration of kidney function and, as a result, hypertension. As a result, in order to improve kidney function and break this whole chain, we again come to the conclusion that it is enough to normalize the level of microvibration of the kidneys.
Currently, there is only one device in the world that can specifically increase the level of microvibration in any human body. We are talking about a unique development - medical devices for vibroacoustic effects and a method - phonation.
The effectiveness of the treatment of hypertension using these devices has been confirmed by many studies.
Impaired blood supply to the brain
Another reason may be a violation of the blood supply to the brain or spinal cord due to narrowing or compression of the vessels. This can occur as a result of problems in the spine (osteochondrosis, intervertebral hernia), congenital features of the vascular bed, which can worsen over time due to atherosclerosis.
The body cannot allow the blood supply to the brain to be cut off, so it increases the pressure to push the necessary volume of blood through the existing narrowed vessels.
Then addressing the problem with the blood supply to the brain or spinal cord can relieve the pressure. Vibroacoustic therapy using devices can also be used for this purpose. With the help of special transducers (vibraphones), the mechanical microvibration of the device is transmitted to the human body through contact to a depth of 10 cm and causes an increase in microcapillary blood and lymph flow. And this, in turn, leads to good nutrition of cells and timely removal of their waste.
Thus, with the help of phonation, it is possible to remove swelling in the spine due to osteochondrosis or intervertebral hernia, which will allow to "release" compressed arteries and improve blood supply to the brain.
Eating disorder
The body uses simple carbohydrates, fats, alcohol, nicotine, etc. overloading with them leads to the consumption of a large amount of resources for their elimination (neutralization and purification), and as a result, the body simply does not have time. a deficiency occurs in the vascular system to restore the cellular balance, which leads to the development of hypertension. All these factors lead to the fact that young bodies also experience a lack of resources, and as a result, in the modern world, we increasingly encounter hypertension in young people.
Hormonal disorders
It is well known that hormonal levels significantly affect blood pressure. There is a complex interaction between the body's entire endocrine system, which includes glands located in the brain (pituitary and hypothalamus) and glands located in the rest of the body (thyroid, parathyroid, reproductive). These glands should normally maintain the balance of the internal environment of the body, including the stability of blood pressure. With microvibration deficiency, as we have already discovered, nutrition and all vital functions at the cellular level suffer, which means that with microvibration deficiency, the entire endocrine system is, by the way, very sensitive to deficiency. of nutrients, will work incorrectly and intermittently. Hormonal levels are disrupted and blood pressure will "jump". To normalize hormonal levels, it is enough to normalize blood supply and improve the microvibration of the endocrine glands.
Psychosomatics
In our rapidly developing age, we must not forget the so-called psychosomatics and its contribution to hypertension. The fact is that with constant psychological stress, a sea of biologically active substances are released that increase the tone and pressure of blood vessels. Constant stress and strong negative emotions lead to an increase in muscle tone, which soon exhausts the body's resources, and then all body functions decrease, which creates conditions for the occurrence of disease. In this case, it is necessary not only to normalize the microvibration background, but also to pay close attention to the emotional component.
Age characteristics
Hypertension at a young age is different in children and adolescents. As a rule, in these cases, the cause is mostly endocrine (hormonal) disorders or diseases of the spine. At the same time, "adult" drugs cannot always cope with hypertension in this group of patients without harming the child's body. Therefore, the task arises to use methods to reduce the dosage of the drugs used. One such method is phonation. The effectiveness of reducing the drug dose or even being able to do without it has been confirmed by research.
Hypertension in elderly people also has its own characteristics, because. . . due to accompanying diseases, it can be very difficult to choose the dose of drugs, and often the doctor finds himself in a kind of "hook" - when prescribing drugs to lower blood pressure causes the work of other organs to deteriorate. And in this case, phonation, which is safe and effective when used in elderly patients, can come to the rescue.
Phonics is a modern effective non-drug method for the treatment and prevention of hypertension
The effectiveness of the method is confirmed by medical research, clinical experience and doctors' opinions. Treatment and prevention of hypertension is carried out using compact medical devices with vibroacoustic effect. The advantage of the method is the ability to independently carry out procedures at home, as well as the absence of side effects and a small number of contraindications.