Two months ago, Mr. Liu suddenly felt sick and vomited after eating. At first, he didn't care that the food he ate was inappropriate, but since then, apart from occasional nausea and vomiting, he often felt chest tightness and limb weakness. My wife is very worried about Mr. Liu. After taking him to the hospital for examination, I found that Mr. Liu's blood pressure was a little high, belonging to hypokalemia.
Later, after my repeated inquiries, I learned that Mr. Liu's hypokalemia was related to the antihypertensive drugs he bought himself. He thinks the antihypertensive drugs in the hospital are too expensive. He bought some antihypertensive drugs containing diuretics himself and took them without the doctor's permission. After taking it for a period of time, hypokalemia will occur, resulting in occasional nausea and vomiting after meals, frequent chest tightness and limb weakness.
Many patients know that after suffering from hypertension, they should often take antihypertensive drugs to lower their blood pressure. Some people, like Mr. Liu, think that the medicine in the hospital is too expensive, and they will choose to take their own blood pressure and buy antihypertensive drugs instead of going to the hospital for routine examination.
As we all know, some antihypertensive drugs are diuretic. Patients with hypertension often take it, which will cause potassium deficiency in the body. Hypertension is afraid of potassium deficiency. Once you are short of potassium, you should supplement it in time, or you can eat high-potassium food to supplement it.
1. Long-term potassium deficiency in hypertensive patients can cause abnormal blood pressure and heart rate.
The effect of potassium in our body on myocardium is to maintain the normal operation of myocardium. Potassium deficiency in patients with hypertension will lead to abnormal myocardium, which will lead to abnormal blood pressure and heart rate. The external performance will be like Mr. Liu above, nausea and vomiting after eating, and some will have symptoms such as constipation. Therefore, once hypertension patients find potassium deficiency, they should replenish potassium in the body in time.
2. Long-term potassium deficiency in patients with hypertension will lead to physical weakness.
If there are hypertensive patients at home, I tell you that you always feel sleepy, often dizzy, sleepy and weak. It is likely that the lack of potassium in the body is the reason why patients with hypertension go to the hospital in time.
3. Hypertensive patients with long-term potassium deficiency will have chest tightness and palpitation.
Many patients with hypertension are older, and the cardiopulmonary function of human body declines with age. If hypertension patients around us often have chest tightness, palpitation and other symptoms, we should go to the hospital in time to see if it is caused by potassium deficiency in the body. If potassium deficiency in the body will cause chest tightness and palpitation, it is necessary to supplement potassium in time, which will also cause heart disease for a long time.
4, hypertension patients with long-term potassium deficiency will have symptoms of dyspnea.
Many hypertensive patients sometimes find it difficult to breathe, and often feel unable to breathe when climbing stairs or walking. If this happens, they should go to the hospital for examination in time, which is probably caused by long-term potassium deficiency in our body. Potassium should be supplemented to the body as soon as possible, otherwise it will lead to aggravation of the disease.
5. Long-term potassium deficiency in hypertensive patients will cause urinary system abnormalities.
If hypertension patients lack potassium for a long time, it will cause renal function damage, leading to renal insufficiency, potassium-deficient nephropathy and so on. If you find that the hypertensive patients around you have polyuria and nocturia, you should go to the hospital for examination in time, which may be caused by potassium deficiency in the body.
Hypertensive patients who take antihypertensive drugs for a long time may find themselves with the above symptoms, such as weakness, chest tightness, palpitation, dyspnea, nausea and vomiting, which may be caused by insufficient potassium in the body. They should go to the hospital for examination in time, or they can supplement the potassium lacking in the body through high-potassium foods.
1, pig blood is also a high potassium food.
Many people like to put pig blood in hot pot, stir-fry and soup, but they don't know that pig blood contains a lot of vitamins and potassium. Hypertension patients often eat pig blood, which can not only supplement potassium in the body, help smokers clean their lungs, but also help to detoxify the stomach, beautify and enrich blood.
2. Black sesame is also a high-potassium food.
Many of us know that black sesame is a tonic with high nutrition, but we don't know that the potassium content in sesame is very high. Patients with hypertension, especially those with potassium deficiency, should eat more black sesame seeds to supplement the deficiency of potassium in the body and stabilize blood pressure. In addition, black sesame can slow down the growth of white hair in the elderly.
3. Nuts are also high-potassium foods.
The nuts we usually eat contain a lot of potassium besides some nutrients needed by human body such as protein, phosphorus, calcium and fat. Patients with hypertension and potassium deficiency should often eat some nuts to supplement potassium in the body to enhance their resistance and immunity.
Longan is also a high-potassium food.
We all know that longan is also a nutritious food, and we often cook porridge, but we don't know that longan contains a lot of high potassium, vitamin C and carbohydrates. Patients with hypertension and potassium deficiency can use longan to supplement potassium in the body. Longan is a kind of high-calorie food, which can help people maintain the spleen and stomach and the heart, and has the effect of calming the nerves and replenishing qi and blood.
5. Fish is also a high-potassium food.
Friends who often eat fish know that fish protein is rich in fat and low in content, but they don't know that fish contains a lot of potassium. Patients with hypertension, especially those with potassium deficiency, can eat more fish to supplement the deficiency of protein and potassium in the body, and can also prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and better stabilize blood pressure.
These vegetables and fruits are also rich in potassium.
Among the fruits and vegetables we usually eat, some fruits and vegetables are also rich in a variety of trace elements, among which the vegetables with higher potassium content are rape, bamboo shoots and Chinese cabbage. Fruits include citrus, grapefruit and grapes. Hypertensive patients can supplement potassium in the body through the above six foods after they find potassium deficiency in the hospital.
In addition, patients with hypertension can also promote blood circulation in the body through moderate exercise, such as jogging, playing table tennis and badminton.
At present, there are as many as 244 million patients with hypertension in China. Because the blood pressure is not well controlled, it causes complicated symptoms, resulting in 50% myocardial infarction and 70% stroke related to hypertension.
Therefore, in addition to actively controlling blood pressure and taking antihypertensive drugs for a long time, we should always check whether blood pressure is rising, and we should always supplement potassium in the body through a healthy and reasonable diet to avoid unnecessary troubles caused by potassium deficiency.