What if I take an aspirin every day? Is it good for health and disease prevention, or will it have bad consequences? The expert's answer is not what you think.
Aspirin was originally a antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug, but it was later found that acetylsalicylic acid in aspirin can resist platelet aggregation in human body, thus preventing thrombosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in human body. Therefore, aspirin has also been applied to a wider range of fields in medicine.
For patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, taking an aspirin every day will bring several benefits.
1, preventing diseases such as cerebral infarction and stroke.
Middle-aged and elderly people are more prone to vascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis. When these diseases occur, it is more likely to lead to brain vascular diseases, so the risk of stroke in human body will be higher. For those who already have hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, hypertension and other diseases, blood gradually thickens, making it easier to form thrombus, which will increase the risk of cerebral infarction and stroke. At this time, taking an aspirin every day can better prevent platelet aggregation and reduce the incidence of cerebral infarction and stroke.
2. Prevention of myocardial infarction
Similar to the etiology of cerebral infarction, it is because the blood circulation is affected by blood vessel blockage after thrombosis in the body. The occurrence of myocardial infarction is more likely to lead to chest tightness, chest pain and other symptoms, and acute attack may also die in a short time. Taking aspirin every day helps to improve thrombosis and maintain blood flow.
However, if you take aspirin for a long time and take one tablet every day, it will also bring some harm, that is, the side effects brought by drugs, so you should choose carefully.
1, gastrointestinal injury, causing gastric function decline.
In the process of receiving aspirin treatment, gastric mucosa is more vulnerable to damage. Many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases need combined drugs to improve the gastric damage that aspirin may cause. Otherwise, it will also affect mucosal lesions in the body and affect health.
2, coagulation disorders, nosebleeds or bleeding gums.
The main function of aspirin is to inhibit platelet aggregation in human body, so it is more difficult to stop bleeding and heal wounds if people are injured during taking aspirin. If you take aspirin every day, you may also have a nosebleed or gum bleeding.
3, aggravate gout and affect uric acid metabolism.
Sometimes people take aspirin every day to prevent diseases. In this case, patients with high uric acid had better avoid taking it. After taking aspirin, it will affect the metabolism of uric acid in human body, so that uric acid can not be excreted in time, and it will also have a certain impact on gout.
4, nervous system injury
Taking an aspirin every day is also harmful to the nervous system. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases need regular review after taking aspirin, and doctors can adjust the medication in time. If you don't take it for a long time, tinnitus, dizziness, hearing loss and other symptoms may occur due to the influence of the drug on the nerve center.
Therefore, not everyone can take aspirin. Taking an aspirin every day is only suitable for patients who are prescribed to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In order to avoid health damage, we should correctly understand aspirin.