What happens to the body of people who take 'aspirin' for a long time? Let's find out together
When it comes to aspirin, I believe everyone will be familiar with it. This is a very common drug, especially for middle-aged and elderly people. Generally, when you have a headache, toothache, and joint pain when you have a cold, you will take aspirin to relieve the pain. In recent years, it has been found that aspirin can also play a role in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so it is also used to prevent myocardial infarction and cerebral ischemia.
Because of this, many people take aspirin to control their blood pressure. Especially for some middle-aged and elderly people, due to the increase of age, the blood vessels are gradually aging, and a large amount of garbage will accumulate in the body, blocking the blood vessels, causing the blood pressure in the body to continue to rise, causing high blood pressure. And aspirin can inhibit platelet aggregation and reduce thrombosis. This can remove toxins and wastes accumulated in the lining of blood vessels in the body, unclog the blood vessels, and help the body stabilize blood pressure.
For people with high blood pressure, the biggest fear is complications. Especially when emotionally excited, the secretion of adrenaline in the body increases, resulting in accelerated blood circulation, vasoconstriction, increased blood pressure, and prone to cerebral hemorrhage. Therefore, hypertensive patients should not be angry, because anger can easily cause blood pressure to rise. And when the weather is cold, the cold entering the body will also cause the blood vessels to be stimulated, vasospasm and blood pressure to rise. If not careful, it can also cause blood vessels to rupture. And taking aspirin can help stabilize blood pressure and reduce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral hemorrhage.
But stabilizing blood pressure is a long-term process that requires consistent medication. Can aspirin be taken long term?
It should be known that aspirin is a drug and has three poisons. Taking it for a long time will naturally have some effects on the body.
1. Increased bleeding rate
It was just mentioned that aspirin can help inhibit platelet aggregation. Although for blood vessels, it can play a role in preventing thrombosis, but when bleeding symptoms occur in the body, the role of aspirin is not a benefit, but a harm. Especially in the case of gastrointestinal bleeding, due to its anti-platelet effect, the symptoms of bleeding cannot be stopped in time, causing harm to the body.
People who take aspirin regularly can be observed. After a blood draw or injection of conjugation, the bleeding will stop after a period of pressure. But for people who take aspirin regularly, the eye of the needle has been bleeding after the needle is pulled out, and it takes a while to stop the bleeding. That's because aspirin has an inhibitory effect on platelets.
2. Gastrointestinal discomfort
Patients who wish to use aspirin to control their blood pressure must pay attention to taking it at most once a day, and the dose should not be too large. When taking aspirin, it is best to take it after meals. Otherwise, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, such as nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. Because aspirin can irritate the gastric mucosa after entering the human body, causing discomfort. If taken for too long, it is easy to cause gastric mucosal damage, and even gastric ulcer or gastric bleeding.
3. Kidney damage
Long-term use of aspirin. At the same time, it leads to impaired renal function and leads to nephritis. Due to long-term use, it will lead to the loss of potassium in kidney cells, resulting in symptoms of potassium deficiency. In addition, it will cause an increase in uric acid in the urine, which can further damage the kidneys.
Therefore, although aspirin helps control blood pressure, long-term use can also cause harm to the body. Be careful when eating.