Better Control of Blood Pressure with Stem Cell Therapy
Written by Medical Department, Swiss Stem Cell Malaysia
Published on January 20, 2024
Hypertension or High blood pressure is a common condition that affects the body’s arteries. High blood pressure occurs due to the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls is consistently too high. The heart has to work harder to pump blood. Persistent High blood pressure can damage your arteries wall tissue (Endothelial Cell) by making them less elastic, affecting the flow of blood and oxygen to the important organ in your body.
People with high blood pressure may not feel symptoms. The only way to know if you have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is to have your blood pressure tested. A few people with high blood pressure may experience frequent headaches and shortness of breath which are too general. These symptoms aren’t specific. They usually don’t occur until high blood pressure has reached a severe or life-threatening stage.
Uncontrolled High blood pressure can damage your health in many ways. It can seriously hurt important organs like your heart, blood vessels, brain, kidneys, and eyes due to reduce blood supply of affected organ, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney problems. Some of the patient experience poorly control hypertension despite following routine management of hypertension probably because not everyone is discipline enough to follow right lifestyle. Hence, this opens up to endless medical journal on stem cells may provide new treatment options for individuals with high blood pressure.
Multiple studies have been done regarding Stem Cell and how they exert the overall rejuvenating effect on the body as way of naturally control the blood pressure. Regenerative approaches to cardiovascular therapy have been studied for several decades. Other than Cardiovascular tissue regeneration, it has other remarkable potential in controlling blood pressure. Once administered, it can also repair organ tissue damages due to poorly control blood pressure, having anti-inflammatory properties and promote angiogenesis. In conclusion, stem cell therapy for hypertension is an emerging field with promising potential.
References:
Randhawa, H. K., Khullar, M., & Mittal, A. (2022). Stem cells in hypertension. In IntechOpen eBooks. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.107471
Patel, N., & Burger, C. D. (2011). Two cases of stem cell therapy for pulmonary hypertension: A clinical report. Respiratory Medicine Cme, 4(2), 70–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmedc.2010.09.002
