Prevention and treatment of hypertension, five principles to achieve miraculous results

The harm caused by hypertension to patients is immeasurable. If you want to change it, you must actively prevent and treat it in your daily life. Treatment of hypertension should start with diet and exercise. If you take antihypertensive drugs for a long time, it will cause great harm to your body, so it is important to develop a reasonable diet plan and exercise.

1. Exercise moderately

Everyone knows that "life lies in movement". Moderate exercise can relax muscles and tendons, promote blood circulation, relieve tension and help control blood pressure. Generally speaking, patients with hypertension can choose to do activities with slow rhythm and small amount of exercise, such as outdoor walking, jogging, Tai Chi, Qigong, etc., and they should not feel tired after the activity. Coldness can cause blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to rise, so the elderly should exercise indoors or climb stairs in winter.

2. Measure blood pressure regularly

For patients with hypertension, it is very necessary to measure blood pressure regularly, because the type and dosage of antihypertensive drugs can be adjusted according to the blood pressure level. If conditions permit, it is best for each family to have their own blood pressure monitor. Generally, blood pressure should be controlled at 130-140 mmHg systolic pressure and 80-90 mmHg diastolic pressure without any discomfort.

3. Diet to lose weight

According to statistics, the average life expectancy of fat people is 5 to 10 years shorter than that of people with normal weight. This is because obesity can increase the burden on the heart, leading to cardiac hypertrophy, angina pectoris, and heart failure. Obesity can also lead to arteriosclerosis, which reduces blood vessel elasticity and increases fragility, making it more prone to hypertension and cerebral hemorrhage. There are many ways to lose weight, but they all boil down to two things: one is to eat less, the other is to exercise more, and both should be carried out in conjunction with each other.

4. Feel good.

Hypertension is a psychosomatic disease, and any mental stimulation can increase blood pressure. If you can remain calm when you are successful and remain calm when you are unsuccessful, and try to minimize emotional fluctuations, it will be of great significance to maintaining relatively stable blood pressure and reducing the occurrence of complications.

5. Long-term planning

Some hypertensive patients stop taking medication immediately once their blood pressure drops. This incorrect method of taking medicine, i.e. taking medicine - stopping medicine - taking medicine, results in blood pressure rising - falling - rising. Not only does this fail to achieve the therapeutic effect, but due to the large fluctuations in blood pressure, it can easily cause serious complications in the heart, brain, and kidneys, such as myocardial infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, and renal insufficiency. Hypertension is rarely completely cured, so patients with hypertension must take medications consistently and be mentally prepared to take them for more than a decade or even a lifetime.