Once a year, the Spring Festival arrives.
As the most important festival of the year, the Spring Festival will inevitably make many people eat and drink.
However, every year during the Spring Festival, the emergency department of the hospital will lead to a small orgasm of stroke, and most of them still have high blood pressure.
The mood of the festival is high, why does the blood pressure also rise?
Due to the Spring Festival, friends and relatives get together, coupled with staying up all night, etc., daily work and rest time, exercise habits, etc. will also be broken, coupled with emotional orgasm, resulting in excessive secretion of stimulating hormones in the body, resulting in increased blood pressure.
Coupled with eating and drinking during the New Year, the gastrointestinal burden will also increase, the heart will naturally accelerate, the amount of pumped blood will increase, stimulate the digestive system, and cause blood pressure to soar.
The Spring Festival is inevitable to have big fish and big meat, how can we stabilize blood pressure?
With the approaching of the Spring Festival, many patients with high blood pressure began to worry about the recurrence of blood pressure, after all, Chinese New Year's Eve rice is indispensable to big fish and meat. In fact, as long as you pay attention to some dietary principles when eating Chinese New Year's Eve meals, it is not difficult to stabilize blood pressure.
1. Reduce the intake of "heavy taste" foods
Although the "heavy taste" of food is delicious, but in the cooking process to add a lot of salt, sugar, oil and other spices, can increase the burden of blood vessels, induce high blood sugar, high blood lipids and other diseases, but also affect the health of the kidneys, which is tantamount to aggravating for patients with high blood pressure.
Therefore, it is recommended that patients with hypertension eat Chinese New Year's Eve meals, take a low-salt diet, and control the salt intake per day below 5 grams, and eat less high-salt foods, such as ham, bacon, etc., so as not to aggravate the disease.
2. Eat less red meat
Chinese New Year's Eve rice inevitably to appear big fish and meat, but for patients with high blood pressure, it is recommended to eat less pork, mutton, beef and other red meat, these meat fat, cholesterol content are relatively high, if too much intake, can aggravate the hypertension condition, but also not conducive to blood sugar, blood lipid control.
It is recommended that patients with hypertension can eat some white meat on Chinese New Year's Eve meals, such as fish, chicken, etc., the cholesterol and fat content of these meats are relatively low, and they are rich in protein, which is more beneficial for the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
When cooking food, try to use steaming, stewing, etc., and try to avoid the use of frying, frying and other methods.
3. Consume more vegetables and fruits
Fresh fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals and rich dietary fiber, which is very helpful for controlling blood pressure.
It is recommended that patients with high blood pressure consume no less than 300 to 500 grams of vegetables per day, and fruits are not less than 200 grams, and a healthy diet can make the control of blood pressure more effective with half the effort.
In addition to vegetables and fruits, it is recommended that patients drink some milk appropriately, this is because patients with hypertension are prone to calcium deficiency due to long-term medication, and milk is rich in nutrients, especially with the effect of calcium supplementation, which is also of great help to the control of hypertension.
4, do not smoke, it is best to limit alcohol consumption
Hypertension itself has a great harm to vascular health, which can increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, and smoking, drinking alcohol can aggravate hypertension, as long as a small amount of smoking, it will have a significant impact on blood pressure, resulting in increased blood pressure.
Therefore, even in the New Year, it is necessary to strictly quit smoking and limit alcohol to avoid adverse consequences.
If abnormal blood pressure occurs, it is recommended to make these two preparations
In addition to the need for dietary control, patients with hypertension also need to follow up before the holiday, and they also need to do 2 things:
First, pre-holiday blood pressure adjustment
Evaluate heart rate and blood pressure according to the doctor to consider whether medication needs to be adjusted.
If it is found that blood pressure is always uncontrollable, or often exceeds the normal range, then do a good job of relevant prevention and timely adjustment of medication.
Second, prepare short-acting antihypertensive drugs
Before the Spring Festival, you may wish to let the doctor prescribe relevant short-acting antihypertensive drugs, and also prepare a sphygmomanometer, even during the Spring Festival, you need to measure blood pressure every day.
If abnormal blood pressure is found during the New Year, do not blindly increase the amount of drugs you usually use, so as not to increase the long-acting antihypertensive drugs may not come down for a short time, and hypotension will occur after a few hours.
Therefore, it is recommended to prepare short-acting antihypertensive drugs in case of unforeseen needs, and the time of action is short, which will not affect blood pressure throughout the day.