Can sinusitis cause high blood pressure?

In fact, patients with hypertension do not get this disease only after they get older. Some hypertension is caused by complications of other diseases. Therefore, when patients have hypertension, if they want to treat it thoroughly, they should still look at the cause of the blood pressure. Sinusitis is a common ENT disease, so will sinusitis cause hypertension?

Chronic rhinitis is a common disease. When it occurs, people’s work and study are greatly affected. Chronic rhinitis is mostly allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, atrophic rhinitis, etc. Patients often experience symptoms such as colds, sneezing, clear runny nose, itchy nose, poor ventilation, nosebleeds, and even decreased sense of smell, neurasthenia, headaches and dizziness. What is scary about chronic rhinitis is not the symptoms, but the fact that men with chronic rhinitis are at risk of developing high blood pressure.

In a study involving 316 male and female patients, French scientists found that male patients with chronic rhinitis were 2 to 3 times more likely to develop hypertension than male patients without rhinitis, but this was not the case with female patients. Men who suffer from rhinitis all year round are more likely to suffer from hypertension than those with seasonal rhinitis.

The exact reason for the link between rhinitis and high blood pressure is unclear, the researchers said. However, rhinitis, especially allergic rhinitis, often causes nasal obstruction, which can easily cause patients to snore and induce obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Therefore, scientists believe that rhinitis may lead to chronic sleep apnea syndrome and is related to hypertension. Scientists believe that the reason why such conditions are not found in women may be that women rarely suffer from cardiovascular disease before menopause, and women before menopause rarely suffer from chronic sleep apnea syndrome.

Therefore, once rhinitis occurs, you must seek treatment as soon as possible. Don't think that rhinitis is not a serious disease and it will go away if you endure it, otherwise you will delay treatment and it will become a chronic disease. Men with rhinitis should check their blood pressure regularly to prevent future problems.