December 12, 2019
A new research states that intensive treatment for high blood pressure
A new research states that intensive treatment for high blood pressure is better
than standard treatment. People in their 50s should go for intensive blood
pressure management. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay) Intensive blood pressure
management can help in reducing the risk of developing white matter lesions as
you age, a new study suggests.
White matter is what makes up most of your brain,
and you tend to lose it as you age. Compared to standard blood pressure
management, intensive blood pressure management is better, because it’ll help in
lowering the chances of thinking and walking problems.Previous studies have
shown how midlife hypertension is related to dementia and mild cognitive
impairment in later stages of life. People who have high blood pressure in their
50s are more prone to developing white matter lesions as they age.White matter
keeps changing throughout adulthood, unlike grey matter. It’s made up of nerve
fibres called axons. What causes it to be white in colour is myelin, a covering
around the nerves that protects them.
Thinning of this layer is what causes
brain disorders like Alzheimer’s and other dementias.What matter lesions are
signs of high water content, ministrokes, and porous blood vessels. A team of
experts conducted an intensive study to find the link between intensive blood
pressure treatment and "progression of small vessel ischemic disease, as
reflected by cerebral white matter lesion volume."
The brain scans of 449
participants were studied by Dr Nick Bryan, PhD, from the Department of
Diagnostic Medicine at the University of Texas and his team to arrive at the
conclusion that intensive blood pressure control helps in regulating brain
disease as people age.The research, published in JAMA, made use of data on
people who were studied for a four-year period. Some subjects were given
standard treatment, which lowered their blood pressure to less than 140 mm Hg.
Those who received intensive treatment had their blood pressure reduced to below
120 mm Hg. It was found that white matter lesions for those who received
intensive treatment rose by a lesser volume compared to those who received
normal treatment.
Dr Clinton B Wright, one of the authors of the study said,
"Intensive treatment significantly reduced white matter lesion accumulation in
people who had a higher chance of experiencing this kind of damage because they
had high blood pressure.â€Lenore J Launer, PhD, and another co-author of the
study said, pu anti
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intensive blood pressure management may have on the brain. We hope that these
findings will become the foundation for future studies on how to protect the
brain throughout a person's life.â€
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