Hypertension is a disease with a high incidence of middle-aged and elderly people in the mainland, and the harm to health is particularly large. However, compared with hypertension itself, more harmful is the complications caused by excessive blood pressure, such as hypertensive nephropathy, hypertensive eye disease, etc., which can endanger the patient's life when serious.
For patients with hypertension, once hypertension is diagnosed, they should be treated with antihypertensive drugs for a long time to prevent complications. In addition, it is also necessary to do a good job of life intervention to keep blood pressure stable.
In addition to medication, patients with hypertension should pay attention to the following matters:
1. Scientific and reasonable diet
Sodium in salt is one of the culprits of hypertension, hypertensive patients should first stay away from high-salt foods in their diet, such as less salt when cooking food, less msg, oyster sauce and other spices, and eat less bacon, pickles and other foods with high salt content. In addition, the intake of sugar and oil should be reduced, and excessive intake of sugar and oil will also endanger blood vessel health and aggravate hypertension.
In addition, patients with high blood pressure should drink less coffee, strong tea and other beverages, and the caffeine in these drinks is likely to cause a sudden increase in blood pressure. Patients with high blood pressure should usually eat more vegetables and fruits rich in dietary fiber, in addition to eating more foods rich in high-quality protein, such as eggs, milk, lean meat, etc., long-term healthy diet is more conducive to maintaining blood pressure stability.
2. Relieve stress
Bad emotions such as anxiety, nervousness, and depression can affect the secretion of hormones in the body, causing a sharp increase in blood pressure, thereby inducing high blood pressure. Therefore, as a hypertensive patient, you should also learn to adjust your mentality, avoid putting too much pressure on yourself, face life with a positive and optimistic attitude, and talk to others more when things happen to help ease your emotions.
In addition, patients with hypertension can usually participate in more outdoor sports, which can help relieve emotions and help reduce weight, but exercise should be adhered to for a long time, and the amount of exercise should not be too large, and it is advisable to sweat slightly.
3. Maintain normal weight
The heavier the weight, the greater the risk of developing high blood pressure, which is why fat people are mostly obese people with high blood pressure.
Patients with hypertension should pay more attention to their own weight, if the body mass index is greater than 24, it means that they are overweight, and they must actively lose weight, especially those who are obese in the waist and abdomen, they must strictly control their diet, exercise more, and let the weight drop to the normal range, so that they can better maintain blood pressure stability.
4. Regular work and rest
Patients with hypertension should maintain regular work and rest, and should ensure 7 to 8 hours of sleep time every night, and go to bed early and get up early, and go to bed before 23:00 every night.
Only adequate sleep can ensure the body's endocrine balance, so that blood pressure remains stable, if you often stay up late, lack of sleep, can affect the secretion of hormones in the body, so that blood pressure fluctuates, aggravating the disease.
5. Regularly monitor blood pressure
It is necessary for patients with high blood pressure to prepare a sphygmomanometer at home, measure blood pressure regularly, and keep a good record. Monitoring blood pressure can help patients understand their blood pressure, once it is found that blood pressure fluctuates greatly, they should go to the hospital in time for treatment, treatment, and if necessary, they should change the treatment plan.
In short, once hypertension is diagnosed, patients should begin to cooperate with doctors to take antihypertensive drugs, in addition, life intervention is also essential, including diet, sleep, exercise and other aspects of the regulation should be paid special attention to, in addition to regular measurement of blood pressure, only to maintain the stability of blood pressure, can reduce the occurrence of complications, improve the quality of life of patients.