{"id":43567,"date":"2026-04-11T10:27:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43567"},"modified":"2026-04-11T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:27:42","slug":"how-hypertensions-links-to-dementia-make-blood-pressure-control-even-more-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43567","title":{"rendered":"How hypertension\u2019s links to dementia make blood pressure control even more important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/10\/3ff4e9e2-35ae-49d8-a67f-6e5395d76de7_c94520d9.jpg?itok=rw6Taae7&amp;v=1775813729\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The patient initially came to see Dr Mark Supiano in 2017 because her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While taking her history and vital signs, Supiano, a geriatrician at the University of Utah, in the United States, saw that her blood pressure was 148\/86: above normal despite her taking two medications intended to lower it. \u201cClearly that was too high,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Several factors could have contributed to the high reading, including the anti-inflammatory drug the 78-year-old woman took for arthritis pain, her high-sodium diet and lack of regular exercise. She also told Supiano that she typically drank a couple of glasses of wine each evening.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">After Supiano discussed ways to reduce her risk, the woman and her husband joined a gym. She stopped taking the anti-inflammatory drug and cut back on salt and alcohol, bringing her systolic blood pressure readings into the 130-to-140 range \u2013 still <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">hypertensive<\/span>, according to the guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) later that year, but more acceptable.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Systolic pressure \u2013 the measurement of pressure when the heart beats and contracts \u2013 is the top number in the blood pressure ratio and the more clinically important number. The second number \u2013 diastolic \u2013 measures pressure between heartbeats.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">By 2019, though, the patient had a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, and medical evidence was emerging about a connection between hypertension \u2013 high blood pressure \u2013 and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">dementia<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3349632\/how-hypertensions-links-dementia-make-blood-pressure-control-even-more-important?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The patient initially came to see Dr Mark Supiano in 2017 because her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss. 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