Is blood pressure dangerous?

High blood pressure is most often a hereditary or family disease, so it is important to know what the dangers of hypertension are in order to understand how to deal with it.

Because of this disease, almost every organ and system in the body suffers.

With an increase in pressure, the main blow falls on the heart, blood vessels, brain and kidneys. If a person is not treated and does not pay attention to his lifestyle, the 1st degree of hypertension develops into the second, and then very serious health consequences begin.

Which organs are affected by hypertension?

To know why hypertension negatively affects the whole body, you need to know the structure of large and small vessels in the body. They consist of elastic fibers that tend to stretch if blood flow increases. But if you regularly deform the walls of blood vessels, they will not only be wider, but also thinner, and this already leads to serious complications.

There is a violation of the work of other organs and systems:

• sexual function worsens;
• the excretory system suffers;
• changes in the cardiovascular system;
• brain vessels are damaged;
• impaired lung function.

For example, with a progressive form of arterial hypertension, small vessels tend to narrow even more. The pressure in the vessels of the organs of vision increases, and the walls in them gradually become thinner. Soon, without treatment with drugs, vision begins to fall, the optic nerve is deformed, damaged vessels can burst, causing subsequent complications.

Only timely started treatment makes it possible for a certain time to reduce the increase in blood pressure.

The effect of hypertension on the brain

High blood pressure leads to various pathological conditions and damage to blood vessels in the brain.

It is especially dangerous for health when there is a sharp rise in pressure in large and small vessels of the head.

In this case, such pathological conditions may occur:

• migraine;
• hypertensive crisis;
• blockage of the lumen of the vessel in the cerebral cortex;
• strokes, paresis, paralysis.

Irreversible changes in the cerebral cortex due to increased blood pressure are manifested by several symptoms. Almost always there is a strong, intermittent headache, which may be accompanied by disturbances and memory lapses. Already these manifestations should alert and make you think about the seriousness of the situation.

At stage 3 of the disease, the risk of developing a stroke and cerebral hemorrhage increases several times. In addition, cases of blockage of small vessels in the cortex of the left or right hemispheres are not uncommon. The consequences of a stroke are different: they depend on the specific case and the location of the hemorrhage. But there is always damage to a certain part of the brain, and the body instantly reacts to this. Usually the left or right half of the body remains immobilized, there are violations of the speech apparatus, hearing, and vision. Sometimes a person completely loses the ability to move.

Negative changes in kidney activity

An increase in blood pressure in one part of the body leads to a decrease in other vital organs. If the brain is forced to suffer from excessive blood supply, then the kidneys and pelvic organs, on the contrary, lack oxygen and nutrients. This is due to the fact that the body turns on a protective mechanism: it expands the vessels in areas of the greatest resistance to blood flow, and narrows in places of the least.

From the reduced pressure, the “response” of the kidneys occurs - the production of chemicals that cause the blood vessels to narrow. After some time, the function of the kidneys deteriorates significantly, and if medicines are not connected in time, the work of these organs is completely paralyzed. There are frequent cases of death from acute renal failure.

Changes in the work of the heart

The chronic process of hypertension has a particularly detrimental effect on the heart muscle and the main arterial vessels. The heart is forced to work beyond its capacity for a long time, its muscle fibers are stretched, and the ventricles are enlarged. The supply of oxygen and the necessary nutrition to the cells of the heart muscle is significantly reduced, which is why coronary heart disease develops.

Overstretched heart muscles are no longer able to cope with the required load, so the blood supply to the tissues in the body is significantly reduced. Since the pressure in the vessels is reduced, all organs and tissues begin to suffer. If a thrombus occurs in one of the arteries of the heart, a pre-infarction state or myocardial infarction will inevitably occur.

The effect of hypertension on male sexual function

The danger of hypertension lies in the formation of plaques that disrupt the patency in the large vessels of the small pelvis. If this happens in the arteries that feed the penis, this organ runs the risk of losing oxygen and blood. In this case, he will lose the ability to swell and readiness for sexual intercourse.

Violation of the function manifests itself in the form of progressive impotence, which is almost impossible to cure. In addition, due to high blood pressure, the blood supply to all organs of the small pelvis worsens, which adversely affects the genitals.

Now it becomes clear why it is so important not to delay treatment, because this disease can cause a whole bunch of comorbidities. To avoid dangers, doctors recommend regularly taking medications for hypertension, try to eat as much plant food as possible: vegetables, fruits, dairy products.

In turn, the prevention of the disease will make it possible to delay the transition of neurocirculatory dystonia to stage 1 hypertension.