Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic novel Chapter 770

Chapter 770: Chapter 358: The Heart Is So Hard, There Is Warmth in the World (Part 2)

"It needs a detailed examination to know for sure. It’s best if you can go to a big hospital for a check-up."

Li Jingsheng spoke honestly.

"How about this, let’s take the child to a big hospital for a check-up. Sorry for troubling you."

The child’s father was worried that they wouldn’t find out anything here, given the clinic’s limited resources.

They’d have to go to a big hospital anyway.

Plus, the child’s high blood pressure made him even more anxious.

"No need to be formal! You definitely need to have the high blood pressure issue checked at a big hospital. The child is still so young; if hypertension is found to be unrelated to this illness, then you must take it seriously."

Li Jingsheng advised the family members.

The family had been loyal supporters of the Sunshine Clinic, and he did not want the child to suffer from ongoing high blood pressure due to parental negligence, eventually requiring lifelong medication.

Moreover, many doctors would tell patients that high blood pressure is not scary as long as it can be controlled with medication.

In reality, once high blood pressure occurs, taking medication is a last resort.

It’s like a double-edged sword: while controlling blood pressure, it further burdens and harms the heart.

From another medical perspective, high blood pressure is a self-protective mechanism of the body.

As the elasticity of the blood vessels deteriorates, leading to hardening, plaques, and calcification of the inner walls, causing the vessel lumen to narrow, the heart is forced to work harder to push blood through the constricted vessels to the body’s extremities.

However, taking antihypertensive medication is akin to lowering its power.

Simply put, it is at odds with it.

It’s akin to taking antipyretics, going against the body’s protective mechanisms.

Therefore, the essence of taking blood pressure medication is that it harms the heart.

Many patients with high blood pressure find that over time, a particular medication becomes ineffective.

At that point, doctors will help patients switch to other types of antihypertensive drugs.

If the effect is still not good, multiple types will be taken simultaneously.

Why aren’t antihypertensive drugs effective?

It can be understood as the heart silently resisting.

The heart’s primary role is to ensure the recycling of oxygen-depleted venous blood and deliver oxygen-rich fresh blood to all body tissues and organs.

With artificially lowered blood pressure, and arteries hardened and narrowed, the heart finds it challenging to deliver blood even with normal power. So, diligently and responsibly, the heart overcomes the issues brought by antihypertensive drugs by working harder.

Additionally, diuretic techniques are the most commonly used methods in antihypertensive treatment.

These help the body expel more fluid externally.

The primary composition of blood is fluid.

Massively expelling fluid increases the viscosity of the blood, indirectly increasing the heart’s burden.

If the heart could speak, it would surely cry out, "Master, it’s too hard for me."

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