How to avoid repeated heart attacks? The doctor has five secrets

Coronary heart disease is mainly caused by atherosclerosis in coronary artery. Coronary artery is the blood vessel supplying blood to the heart. If atherosclerotic plaque occurs, the elasticity of blood vessel decreases, and stenosis or obstruction is easy to occur, which may cause insufficient blood supply to the heart, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and even cardiac arrest at any time, eventually leading to death. For those patients who have already suffered from angina pectoris or myocardial infarction, how to prevent recurrence becomes very important. At this point, doctors have a good set of prevention secrets, according to the English abbreviation, can be summarized into ABCDE five, just like human hands. Today, I will teach this secret to you, so that Read More …

Hypertension patients, how to control blood lipid?

After getting hypertension, everyone will always pay attention to their blood pressure, but many people ignore one thing: blood lipid. Blood lipid level is very important. Hyperlipidemia itself is a risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. If blood pressure and blood lipid are high, the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke will also increase. Doctors usually check blood lipid and evaluate risks for hypertension patients. Medication is very helpful. What is the blood lipid level? After blood lipid rises, the lipid in blood is easier to deposit on the blood vessel wall to form fat plaque, which is often called atherosclerosis. If it is not controlled, fat plaque will become larger and larger, becoming more and more unstable Read More …

Truth. Blood lipid-lowering statins hurt the liver?

It is said that drugs are divided into three parts, and statins inevitably have some [poison], of which liver toxicity is the most concerned. I don’t know why, the hepatotoxicity of statins is widely circulated among patients. When prescribing drugs, patients often ask [is statins very toxic to liver? ] Or directly [statins have great hepatotoxicity, I don’t want to take this medicine, the doctor will change it for me.] Whenever this time, I am really in distress situation. Apart from hepatotoxicity, statins have a lot of [negative news]! Which are true and which are false? Rumor: Statins are very harmful to the liver. Truth: Most drugs can cause liver damage, and statins are no exception. As early as 2012, Read More …