Can High Blood Pressure Cause Joint Pain? | Dr Niraj Vora

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Can High Blood Pressure Cause Joint Pain? Dr
niraj vora
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• Joint pain is the most discussed and talked upon
  by the doctors across the world and Indian people
  arent immune to that. Joint pain refers
  predominantly to any pain, aches, discomforts in
  the joints.
• Arthritis is commonly singled out as the biggest
  cause of joint pain in the body. High Blood
  pressure or hypertension is a common medical
  diagnosis among citizens in all walks of life.
• If left untreated or undiagnosed, high blood
  pressure can cause many health problems. Many
  patients are diagnosed with both joint pain and
  high blood pressure which hints at a link between
  them. The relationship between osteoarthritis and
  hypertension is influenced by variety of factors.

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• Causes of Blood pressure
• Smoking
• Overweight
• Too much salt intake
• Old age
• Stress
• Lack of exercises

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• Link between joint pain and High blood
  pressure
• Osteoarthritis has been linked to obesity, as has
  high blood pressure. Drugs used for
  osteoarthritis the non-steroidal
  anti-inflammatory drugs leads to salt and water
  retention by the kidney and can cause an increase
  in blood pressure.
• Individuals suffering from joint pain and pain
  leads to increase in blood pressure. There are
  plenty of reasons to pinpoint the link the two
  problems. With joint pain, ones mobility is
  hindered and interferes with ones daily to daily
  life activities.

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• Link between joint pain and High blood
  pressure
• This leads to worries and increasing stress on
  ones health which in turn leads to an abrupt
  increase in the blood pressure.
• However, for individuals who have severe pain,
  anxiety, or hard-to-control hypertension, an
  elevation in blood pressure may rapidly elevate
  to worsening health or far more serious life
  threatening issues.

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• Exercise The Way Out
• Physical activity is actually a natural pain
  reliever plus improving the blood pressure. Being
  sedentary has a profound impact on the body as
  the individual can be susceptible to high blood
  pressure and other chronic conditions.
• Healthcare providers and doctors needs to make
  the patients aware of the link between high blood
  pressure and joint pain. Pain and blood pressure
  forms an unlikely relationship and has
  consequences for the patients.

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• Exercise The Way Out
• It is essential that the risks and benefits of
  medications be evaluated when employing
  pharmaceuticals to manage arthritis symptoms.
• Dr. Niraj Vora is one of the leading experts on
  joint pain and helps the patients in alleviating
  the pain in the body. Nonsteroidal
  anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) taken for
  chronic knee pain could increase your risk for
  high blood pressure. Consulting the doctor is key
  to helping the patients overcome the knee pain
  while avoiding the high blood pressure.

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