The precautions for the elderly with high blood pressure to take a bath include the water temperature should not be too high or too low when taking a bath, the bathing time should not be too long, and the door should not be locked when taking a bath.
1. If the water temperature is too high when taking a bath, the sympathetic excitability increases at the beginning of the bath, leading to vasoconstriction and accelerated heart rate, thus causing a sudden rise in blood pressure and dizziness and other uncomfortable symptoms. After a period of time vasodilatation, blood stagnation in the peripheral vasculature, reducing the volume of return blood, cardiac output decreased, blood pressure decreased, patients are prone to dizziness or even fainting.
2. If the temperature of the water in the bath is too low, the sympathetic nerve excitability increases, resulting in vasoconstriction, peripheral resistance increases, and blood pressure rises. Therefore, the temperature of the water should be kept appropriate when hypertensive elderly people take a bath.
3. Bathing environment is generally relatively closed, air circulation is poor, hypertensive elderly people are prone to chest tightness, dyspnea, dizziness and other uncomfortable symptoms, so hypertensive elderly people should not bathe for too long.
4. The hypertensive elderly are prone to slip and fall, dizziness, fainting, etc. Therefore, the hypertensive elderly should not lock the door when bathing, and it is better to be accompanied by someone, so that they can ask for help to deal with emergencies in a timely manner.
If the hypertensive elderly in the process of bathing or bathing after the discomfort, we should pay attention to, should go to the hospital in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s advice to deal with, in order to avoid adverse consequences.