High blood pressure can be resisted with a paper clip?
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| Illustration of a paper clip. © Shutterstock / Grounder |
The implant procedure was take as long as 40 minutes and offers hope to thousands of people with high blood pressure or hypertension that does not respond to treatment through the consumption of drugs.
The implants are still in the testing phase at Barts Hypertension Clinic, part of Barts Health NHS Trust.
"Sometimes the medicine is not immune to fight hypertension. So it is important for people with high blood pressure to try other alternatives," said the director of the clinic, Dr Mel Lobo, as quoted by the Daily Mail.
Blood pressure is the pressure inside arteries. Pressure must be controlled to keep pushing blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
However, when arteries narrow, blood flow becomes impaired. Even greater pressure and heart work harder to pump blood.
Some natural ways to prevent high blood pressure is a healthy lifestyle. For example, reducing salt and alcohol intake, and exercise regularly.
Indeed, there are drugs that can reduce blood pressure. Unfortunately not all of these treatments effective nature.
Meanwhile, the metal implant with a shape similar to a paper clip is expected to help the patients of hypertension. Metal is mounted in the wall of veins and arteries to 'make a point' between two blood vessels.
Metal implant was making blood flow more smoothly in between the veins. Thus able to decrease blood pressure.
"Hopefully this implant beneficial to cardiovascular health and can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke," said Dr. Lobo.
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