In the journey of life, the heart and blood vessels are like delicate ships, carrying us through the ocean of life and death. However, the prevalence of "heart and vascular diseases" in China is on the rise. The estimated number of people suffering from "heart and blood vessel disease" is 3300 million, the most common is 2 patients with high blood pressure4.5 billion people, about 13 million strokes, about 11.39 million coronary heart disease. In the proportion of disease deaths among urban and rural residents, "heart and vascular diseases" occupy the first place. In 2020, "heart and blood vessel diseases" in rural and urban areas accounted for 48 percent of deaths, respectively00% and 4586%。2 out of every 5 deaths are due to "heart and blood vessel disease". Two out of five deaths are due to "heart and blood vessel disease", which is a staggering number! When these numbers are printed on paper, we may just treat them as a bunch of cold statistics. But think about it, behind every number, there are actually a vivid and vivid life. They may be our relatives, our friends, or our future us. Health is our most valuable asset, and it is also the thing we should pay the most attention to. For our parents, we should be more concerned about their health. Instead of just being content to follow the doctor's advice and buy some medicine and think everything is fine. We need to really understand what stage of their disease they are at, how well they are managing it now, and what their coping strategies are in the future. 
Let me give you a science popularization of what is high blood pressure, what is coronary heart disease, and what is stroke. What is high blood pressure: High blood pressure refers to a systolic blood pressure of 140mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure of 90mmHg measured three times in the same day without the use of antihypertensive drugs. So what is stroke: Stroke is a cerebrovascular accident, which can be divided into two categories: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. What causes stroke: Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of ischemic stroke, while hypertension is the most common cause of hemorrhagic stroke. What is coronary heart disease: a disease caused by the narrowing or occlusion of the coronary arteries, resulting in ischemia, hypoxia or necrosis of the myocardium. (To put it bluntly, the blood vessels are blocked, and how to block them is mainly caused by coronary atherosclerosis, and poor control of hypertension and diabetes will accelerate the process of atherosclerosis; For example, it used to take 2 hours to make a green car from Tianjin to Beijing, but now it takes 30 minutes to get there by high-speed train) Current clinical studies have shown that hypertension can lead to coronary heart disease, because hypertension is an important risk factor for the development and development of atherosclerosis. Long-term high blood pressure can cause damage to the endothelial cells of the arteries, which will start the process of atherosclerotic lesions. 
If we look back, we currently have 2 out of every 5 deaths from diseases in our country due to "heart and blood vessel diseases". Is that largely due to uncontrolled high blood pressure and atherosclerosis? To sum up: is it that as long as we control blood pressure and control the trend of atherosclerosis, we can avoid tragedy, and I will give my family a science popularization of science, how to control blood pressure, how to delay and control the process of atherosclerosis. If you find this popular science article meaningful, please follow me and forward it to the people you care about most, so that they can better protect their health. The flavor is getting stronger in 2024