Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – A new study says that Covid-19 can make you more likely to develop high blood pressure.
The report, published in the medical journal Hypertension on Monday, found that more than 1 in 5 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19.
In fact, they were diagnosed with high blood pressure six months after contracting Corona.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Control stated that high blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in the United States.
About half of the adults in the country suffer from high blood pressure, which causes 700,000 deaths in 2021, according to the agency.
In the new study, researchers looked at the medical records of more than 45,000 patients with “Covid-19” and about 14,000 patients with influenza, in the Bronx borough of New York City, between 2020 and 2022.
After 6 months, the researchers tracked all patients diagnosed with heart disease.
About 21% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had high blood pressure, compared to 11% of those who were not hospitalized.
And compared to patients with influenza, COVID-19 patients had worse blood pressure outcomes.
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients were 2.23 times more likely to develop high blood pressure than hospitalized influenza patients.
The report says that the high incidence of high blood pressure in people with “Covid-19” is “alarming because the huge number of people affected by Covid-19.”
The researchers found that high blood pressure is more common in a few key demographic groups.
This includes people over the age of 40, or people with pre-existing conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, or chronic kidney disease.
These people are more likely to develop high blood pressure after exposure to the “Covid-19” virus.
Scientists remain unsure how the “Covid-19” virus causes high blood pressure.
The study hypothesizes that the virus may infect heart cells and disrupt blood pressure regulation.
She explained that acute kidney injury, which is a common complication during hospitalization due to Covid-19, may contribute to high blood pressure.
Risk factors associated with poverty, including stress and lack of access to healthy food, may lead to higher rates of high blood pressure.
Therefore, long-term follow-up research will be useful to explore whether hypertension and COVID-19 are linked.
In the meantime, this data should warn doctors about the link between “Covid-19” and high blood pressure.
2023-08-22 12:59:16
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