Smoking in hypertension

Smoking is one of the main causes of hypertension. This habit significantly worsens the well-being of a person, despite this, many are in no hurry to give it up.

Arterial hypertension is one of the most dangerous and widespread diseases of the cardiovascular system. Development is facilitated by poor ecology, stress, malnutrition, as well as bad habits, which include smoking. About 70% of the world's population suffers from nicotine addiction. Sooner or later, every smoker begins to feel all the symptoms of high blood pressure.

Why does smoking increase blood pressure?

Arterial hypertension in smokers develops because when a person smokes, a spasm occurs in small blood vessels.

Daily use of cigarettes causes a chronic spasmodic condition of the vessels.

This leads to the fact that the walls of the vessels become less elastic, the blood cannot circulate normally, and this increases the pressure.

How quickly arterial hypertension appears depends on the state of human health. But usually the disease overtakes smokers quickly enough.

Increases pressure not only that nicotine contributes to the violation of elasticity and vasoconstriction.

Smoking causes:

1. The adrenal glands produce adrenaline in large quantities, which, when released into the bloodstream, increases the heartbeat and causes vasospasm.
2. Smoking increases not only blood pressure, but also the level of cholesterol in the blood.

Such properties of cigarettes lead to the development of hypertension and atherosclerosis.

It is advisable to give up this addiction before the development of the disease.

If this has already happened, you need to quit smoking in order to recover. If this is not done, recovery will be very difficult to achieve.

Nicotine addiction not only contributes to the development of hypertension, but also worsens the condition of the kidneys. If the increase in pressure is caused by the use of cigarettes, then the functions and even the shape of the kidneys may change.

Arterial hypertension provoked by smoking leads to the following disorders:

1. Sodium and water are slowly excreted from the body.
2. The vessels and arteries of the kidneys are damaged, tissue fibrosis occurs.
3. The size of the kidneys decreases, which causes kidney failure.
4. The kidneys may stop functioning, and a transplant may be needed.

What happens if you do not quit smoking with hypertension

Smoking leads to the development of hypertension and many other serious diseases. Therefore, using cigarettes for sedation or for anything else is extremely dangerous. It's not for nothing that this habit is called a slow death.

Smoking and hypertension is undesirable. Unfortunately, many patients do not take seriously all the dangers and continue to smoke even during treatment.

This behavior can have the following consequences:

• atherosclerosis develops. This pathology is characterized by the appearance of plaques on the walls of the vessels, which narrow the lumen over time, due to which the blood flow becomes difficult, and blood clots can form.
• Stroke. Due to the fact that nicotine increases blood pressure, the vessels of the brain are affected. This can result in a stroke, which, in turn, leads to impaired speech, memory, motor activity, vision problems and other troubles.
• Angina. Nicotine damages the coronary arteries and increases blood pressure, they stop supplying the heart with enough blood, angina pectoris develops, which can also cause a stroke.
• Blood clots. The main danger of using cigarettes during hypertension is not only that nicotine increases blood pressure, but also that blood clots form. If a blood clot breaks off, it will clog the blood vessels and the person will die instantly. In this situation, even emergency medical care will not help.
• The use of cigarettes with hypertension can also cause varicose veins. At the same time, the legs swell strongly, the veins become more visible and protrude outwards. This process is accompanied by constant pain and discomfort.

This is only a small part of the consequences of smoking during hypertension. But they don't stop much. It’s up to everyone to give up cigarettes or not, but it’s worth thinking ten times before starting smoking, because nicotine increases blood pressure and creates a lot of other problems.