Tag: Cardiovascular Internal Medicine

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Dr. Clove Enters AppSolution Annual List

AppSolution, the most influential application recommendation media in China, recently released its 2015 annual list, selecting 8 annual special applications, 19 iOS applications, 18 Android applications and 20 games. Dr. Clove is very honored to be a member of iOS&Android list. Thank AppSo for its attention and recognition! Why did Dr. Clove enter this list? A product has the responsibility to provide users with a good experience. Perhaps in this industry, through some formal or informal marketing methods, rough software can also win some users, but Dr. Clove’s team has its own pursuit, and we hope to make the product better. We will continue to improve and polish [Doctor Clove] with persistence and courage to provide a truly valuable product Read More …

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During the festival, hypertension patients should pay attention to eating out.

Considering the particularity of hypertension friends’ diet, it requires not only low salt, but also reasonable appetite, balanced nutrition and other factors. Therefore, the most ideal diet for hypertension friends is home diet: I make decisions in my territory! However, in real life, friends always have dinner when they meet, bosom friends inevitably go to the restaurant when they meet, and it is difficult to refuse all kinds of social parties and banquets. Some single white-collar workers do not like cooking because of their busy work, even taking out three meals a day. Whether we eat out or take out, they are more oily, large in quantity and heavy in taste than the home diet. However, there will inevitably be Read More …

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Snacks are indispensable for holidays. How do hypertension patients choose them?

For hypertension patients who pay great attention to diet control in daily life, visiting relatives and friends from street to street, they have to meet with various snacks. Which can be eaten and which cannot be eaten? How much do you eat? How? Now I’d like to give you the most complete [snack review]. It is suggested that everyone collect it and take it out when picking snacks everyday. It can also be shared with friends who do not have hypertension, so it is healthier to choose snacks. Recommended Eat Fruit Fresh fruit is the best choice among all kinds of snacks and is a good supplementary source of potassium, magnesium and dietary fiber. Although the fruit is good, it Read More …

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Sudden chest pain! What should I do when myocardial infarction strikes?

Two days ago, we refuted a rumor about myocardial infarction in the circle of friends. For details, please see here: The first aid method for heart disease, which is widely circulated in the circle of friends, is actually wrong! Many friends asked, Dr. Clove, what should you do if you just say these are wrong? How to suspect myocardial infarction? First of all, and most importantly, call for help, take your cell phone with you at any time, call 120, open the door and set aside a rescue channel. 1. Take deep breaths slowly, control emotions and reduce activities to reduce the burden on the heart. Lie flat or sit down to rest, relieve tension, in order to facilitate brain Read More …

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Is it good for hypertension patients to eat what?

How should people with hypertension eat? I believe everyone will come when they open their mouths, [low salt and low fat]! But how to do this low salt and low fat? How about eating more what? Is there no meat to eat? Like peanuts and cashew nuts, they also contain a lot of oil. Can they be eaten? The low-salt and low-fat diet is not as complicated as everyone thinks. The following Dr. Clove will classify the recommended and unrecommended foods in combination with the common foods in everyone’s life. Recommended food Eating more of these foods properly can help control blood pressure, but it is not to let everyone eat these alone and not to eat anything else. Foods Read More …

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To deal with hypertension, these 6 moves should be known

Before talking about how to deal with hypertension, let’s tell everyone that some hypertension can be cured. However, the curable hypertension is not [primary hypertension] (commonly referred to as hypertension), but [secondary hypertension] caused by some diseases (such as renal artery stenosis). Whether a disease can be cured depends on whether the cause of the disease is clear and controllable. For some [hypertension caused by renal artery stenosis], the cause of hypertension is [renal artery stenosis], and this cause is usually controllable. Therefore, hypertension can be cured by relieving renal artery stenosis. However, [essential hypertension] has no clear cause of disease, so it is labeled as [primary]. So, can primary hypertension only give up treatment without a clear cause? Of Read More …

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Can’t young patients take drugs too early? Wrong Views on Antihypertensive Drugs

Drugs are an important means to control hypertension, but many people have many scruples about medication, especially young patients, who look at [lifelong medication] too seriously, such as worrying about the side effects of drugs, not wanting to take drugs, eating and stopping. This is not conducive to the control of blood pressure, long-term such, but affects the long-term quality of life. Now I would like to tell you the common misunderstandings and the correct methods, hoping to remove the misunderstanding and help you control your blood pressure. Error 1: Not willing to take medicine too early Correct Way: The earlier you treat, the greater the benefit. This is very common in young patients. After being diagnosed with hypertension, they Read More …

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Several drugs combined to lower blood pressure

There are five types of antihypertensive drugs commonly used by doctors: calcium antagonists (such as nifedipine), ACEI (such as enalapril), ARB (such as telmisartan), diuretics (such as hydrochlorothiazide) and receptor blockers (such as metoprolol). These five types of drugs are basically doctors’ main weapons against hypertension. These five drugs are not good or bad, only suitable or inappropriate. That kind of drug can not only effectively reduce blood pressure, but also protect organs such as heart, brain, lung and kidney, which is the appropriate drug. Generally speaking, high-salt diet, elderly patients and patients with simple systolic hypertension have better antihypertensive response to calcium antagonists and thiazide diuretics. Middle-aged and young patients have better response to ACEI or ARB and receptor Read More …

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What should I do if my gums are swollen after taking antihypertensive drugs?

Nowadays, more and more people suffer from hypertension. Most patients with hypertension need to take drugs for a long time to control their blood pressure. Some side effects of drugs have brought great influence to everyone. There is a kind of drug with good antihypertensive effect, but it will affect gingiva. This kind of drug is the dipine antihypertensive drug we often see, such as [nifedipine] [amlodipine] [felodipine], etc. This kind of antihypertensive drug is calcium channel blocker, which can reduce blood pressure and at the same time make gingival hyperplasia, which is commonly referred to as drug-induced gingival hyperplasia. Patients taking this kind of medicine sometimes feel red swelling, pain and bleeding of gums. During oral examination of these Read More …

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Common Antihypertensive Drugs: Receptor Blockers

Receptor blockers such drugs, such as bisoprolol and metoprolol, mainly achieve antihypertensive and cardiac protection effects by slowing down heart rate and reducing myocardial oxygen consumption. They are more suitable for young and middle-aged patients with fast heart rate, and are more suitable for patients with coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure. Commonly used drugs Long-acting drugs: Bisoprolol and metoprolol sustained-release tablets, usually once per day. Medium and short-acting drugs: metoprolol ordinary tablets, carvedilol, aroprolol, atenolol, etc. Adverse reaction Common adverse reactions mainly include fatigue, cold limbs, bradycardia, etc. It should be noted that if bradycardia occurs during taking the medicine and the medicine cannot be stopped suddenly, the heart rate will obviously increase (rebound Read More …