Report from Tribunnews.com Journalist Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Pulmonary hypertension or in layman’s language pulmonary hypertension may rarely be heard by the public. Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that is specific to the arteries.
Pulmonary hypertension occurs due to increased pressure in the blood vessels leading to the lungs, which is higher than normal. In fact, there are several factors that influence the occurrence of hypertension.
Among them are abnormalities in the lungs, the presence of other congenital diseases, and drugs.
In fact, obesity too can trigger the occurrence pulmonary hypertension. This was disclosed by dr Arti Indira MGz SpGK FINEM.
Excessive fat accumulation can indirectly cause changes in hemodynamics or blood flow. So that it causes failure in the left heart.
“This condition causes blood pressure and volume so that purmonary artery hypertension occurs. There is a significant relationship between hypertensive people experiencing excess body and affecting severity,” he said in a live stream, Friday (1/5/2021).
Therefore, it is necessary to reduce body weight to prevent hypertension. But on the other hand, consumption of diet drugs also increases the risk of developing hypertension in the lungs.
Indeed, not all dangerous slimming drugs.
However, it contains serotonin, which can constrict the pulmonary vessels, so that blood flow to the heart is disrupted.
Consumption of slimming drugs containing serotonin can indeed provide a calming effect, so it is not easy to feel hungry.
“Avoid trigger drugs pulmonary hypertension. Medicinal drugs pulmonary hypertension releases sertononin which makes alteries and cell growth in the lungs, “he added.
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