Hypertensive encephalopathy

Japanese: 高血圧性脳症 - こうけつあつせいのうしょう
Hypertensive encephalopathy

What kind of disease is it?


<Improve high blood pressure, kidney disease, etc. on a daily basis>
Hypertensive encephalopathy is a disease caused by atherosclerosis of the cerebral arteries and a sudden rise in blood pressure.
If systolic blood pressure rises to 250mmHg and diastolic blood pressure rises to 150mmHg in a short period of time, intracranial pressure rises and the brain swells. This can lead to severe headaches, vomiting , decreased vision, speech disorders, and slight impaired consciousness. If left untreated, the patient may experience convulsions or fall into a coma .
However, many cases can be improved by lowering blood pressure.
Many cases are caused by severe hypertension, kidney disease, and pregnancy-induced hypertension (pregnancy toxemia ), so it is important to prevent and improve these diseases and to keep blood pressure from rising on a daily basis.

Related foods:


<Prevention with cholesterol-lowering foods>
Foods that reduce cholesterol are effective in preventing arteriosclerosis and rising blood pressure.
○ As a nutritional component, shiitake mushrooms contain a component called eritadenine, which helps excrete cholesterol from the body, and sun-dried shiitake mushrooms are particularly effective.
In addition, unsaturated fatty acids such as DHA and IPA, which are found in abundance in blue-backed fish such as sardines, pacific saury, horse mackerel, and mackerel, pectin, a type of dietary fiber found in apples, figs, strawberries, kiwi fruit, etc., plant proteins such as soybeans, and alginic acid found in kelp, wakame seaweed, and agar, all have similar functions.
In addition, aspartic acid, which is found in large amounts in asparagus, is effective in expanding capillaries and lowering blood pressure.
○ To lower blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis through its herbal medicine properties , be sure to consume onions regularly.
Of course, you can still get good results by using onions in your normal cooking, but in Chinese medicine, to use them for medicinal purposes, you should make a decoction of the light brown outer skin. Boil about 5g of the skin in 600ml of water and drink it three times a day on an empty stomach.

Source: Shogakukan Medical Museum of Food Information

Japanese:

《どんな病気か?》


〈高血圧や腎臓病などを日ごろから改善する〉
 高血圧性脳症(こうけつあつせいのうしょう)は、脳動脈の動脈硬化と、急激な血圧上昇によって起こる疾患です。
 短時間のうちに、収縮期血圧が250mmHg、拡張期血圧が150mmHg程度まで上がると、脳圧が上がり、脳がむくんでしまいます。そのために、はげしい頭痛や嘔吐(おうと)、視力低下、言語障害、軽い意識障害などがみられます。そのまま放置しておくと、けいれんを起こしたり、昏睡状態(こんすいじょうたい)におちいることもあります。
 しかし、多くは血圧を下げることによって改善されます。
 重症な高血圧症、腎臓病(じんぞうびょう)、妊娠高血圧症候群(妊娠中毒症)などによるものが多く、それらの疾患の予防・改善と、日ごろから血圧の上昇を防止することがたいせつです。

《関連する食品》


〈コレステロールを減少させる食品で予防〉
 動脈硬化と血圧の上昇を防止するためには、コレステロールを減少させる食品が有効です。
○栄養成分としての働きから
 シイタケに含まれるエリタデニンという成分は、コレステロールを体外に排泄する働きがあり、とくに天日干しの干しシイタケが効果があります。
 また、イワシやサンマ、アジ、サバなどに豊富に含まれ青背の魚に含まれるDHAやIPAなどの不飽和脂肪酸(ふほうわしぼうさん)、リンゴやイチジク、イチゴ、キウイなどに含まれる食物繊維の一種のペクチン、ダイズなどの植物性たんぱく質、コンブやワカメ、寒天などに含まれるアルギン酸なども同様の働きがあります。
 また、毛細血管を拡張し、血圧を下げるには、アスパラギン酸が有効で、アスパラガスに多く含まれています。
○漢方的な働きから
 血圧を下げて、動脈硬化を防ぐには、タマネギを積極的に摂取しましょう。
 もちろんふだんどおりにタマネギを料理に使っても効果が望めますが、漢方的には薬用として利用するには、外側の薄茶色の皮を煎(せん)じて飲むようにします。約5gの皮を600mlの水で煮つめ、1日3回、空腹時にあたためて飲みましょう。

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