Sudden symptoms of hypertension in the elderly?

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Hypertension is a common disease in our life. With the emergence of aging population, hypertension has become an important topic of social concern; The incidence of hypertension emergency is acute, the disability rate is high, and its incidence is outside the hospital. Improper emergency treatment and blind transfer of patients will aggravate the disease. If there are middle-aged and elderly patients with hypertension in the family, then what are the sudden symptoms of hypertension in the elderly? What about it? Let's take a look at it.

Sudden symptoms of hypertension in the elderly?

The first is that the incidence rate of hypertensive emergencies is 5% of the hypertensive population. Hypertension, encephalopathy, cerebral hemorrhage, acute left heart failure, acute withdrawal syndrome of clonidine, acute myocardial infarction, and rapidly progressive malignant hypertension are common.

Second, the symptoms of hypertension vary from person to person. When the blood pressure suddenly rises to a certain extent, there will even be severe headache, vomiting, palpitation, dizziness and other symptoms. In severe cases, there will be delirium and convulsion. Due to the decline of physiological function, the elderly often have coronary heart disease, diabetes, hyperuricemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity and so on. After suffering from hypertension, it is easy to cause heart, brain and kidney complications, such as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, stroke, renal insufficiency and so on.

Third: there are many inducing factors of hypertension. Overwork or excitement can cause angina pectoris and other phenomena. Some patients with hypertension have a sharp rise in blood pressure during their illness, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, severe headache, panic and other symptoms. At this time, they should take medicine in time, and then see a doctor in time.

matters needing attention

1. Emergency treatment of angina pectoris: Patients with hypertension have angina pectoris, mostly due to emotional fluctuations, fatigue or excessive satiety. The symptoms are paroxysmal chest pain and chest tightness, which can radiate on the neck and left upper limb. Severe patients have symptoms such as pale complexion and cold sweat. At this time, the family should immediately let them have a quiet rest, and contain 1 piece of nitroglycerin under the tongue. At the same time, they should give oxygen inhalation. The symptoms can be gradually relieved. If they can't be relieved, they need to immediately prepare a car and send them to the hospital for emergency treatment to prevent delay. 2. Emergency treatment of hypertension crisis: severe headache caused by sudden rise of blood pressure, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, visual impairment, blurred consciousness and other neurological symptoms. At the moment, the patient should stay in bed and take measures to reduce blood pressure immediately. Compound antihypertensive tablets can be used, and diuretics can be added to reduce blood pressure to a certain level as far as possible. Patients with vague consciousness should be given oxygen inhalation. If the symptoms are not relieved, they should be escorted to the nearby hospital for emergency treatment.